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PITCH ACCENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pitch accent mean?
• PITCH ACCENT (noun)
The noun PITCH ACCENT has 1 sense:
1. emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
Familiarity information: PITCH ACCENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
pitch accent; tonic accent
Hypernyms ("pitch accent" is a kind of...):
accent; emphasis; stress (the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch))
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