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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unaccented

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
un-ac-cent-ed
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a word's sound or of a language, without any stress (accent).

adj

Of a person's speech, not pronounced with a distinctive accent.

adj

Of a written word, having no accent marks.

adj

Of a written word, having no diacritical marks of any kind.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English accented English unaccented From un- + accented.

Inflected Forms

more unaccented (comparative) most unaccented (superlative)

Synonyms

accentless diacriticless undiacritized light weak atonic

Questions

What does unaccented mean?
Of a word's sound or of a language, without any stress (accent).
Where does unaccented come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English accented English unaccented From un- + accented.

How to pronounce unaccented

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