pitch accent plural pitch accents
( phonology ) tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words.
Antonym: stress accent phonology
Catalan: accent musical m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 音高重音 ( yīngāo zhòngyīn )
Finnish: sävelaksentti
French: accent de hauteur (fr) m accent tonal m
German: Tonakzent m
Japanese: 高低アクセント ( こうていアクセント ) , 高さアクセント ( takasa akusento ) , 音声高さアクセント ( onjō takasa akusento, onsei takasa akusento ) , ピッチアクセント ( pitchi-akusento )
Korean: 고저(高低) 악센트 ( gojeo aksenteu )
Polish: akcent toniczny m
Portuguese: acento tonal m acento musical m acento de altura m
Russian: тональное ударе́ние n ( tonalʹnoje udarénije ) (tonál’noje udarénije), тоническое ударе́ние n ( toničeskoje udarénije ) (toníčeskoje udarénije), тоновое ударе́ние n ( tonovoje udarénije ) (tónovoje udarénije)
Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: acento tonal m acento musical m
Swedish: ordaccent tonaccent musikalisk accent
