English words for 'Relating to accentology.'
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noun
- Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
- the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
- (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
noun
adj
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point
verb
adj
verb
verb
adv
noun
- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
- (UK, informal) A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
- (uncommon) A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- (UK, informal) A hen night.
- (transgender slang) The penis of a trans woman.
- (figuratively) A woman.
- (figuratively, derogatory, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
- adult female chicken
- adult female bird
- female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
verb
noun
adj
- Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
- Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
- (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.
- (music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
- (medicine, neuroscience) In a state of continuous unremitting action.
- Restorative; curative; or invigorating.
- relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
- (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
- imparting vitality and energy
- of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
- employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
noun
- (music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
- (phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
- (music) The triad built on the tonic note.
- Tonic water.
- A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
- (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
noun
- (linguistics) A vowel so assimilated.
- (linguistics) The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in Germanic languages whereby back vowels became front vowels when followed by syllable containing a front vocoid (e.g. Germanic lūsiz > Old English lȳs(i) > Modern English lice).
- (informal, orthography) Synonym of diaeresis.
- (orthography) The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel
- (linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
- a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate a change in sound in some languages
verb
noun
- (linguistics) A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.
- (linguistics) A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols.
- A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.
- a specialist in phonetics
noun
adj
- Characteristic, typical.
- (linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
- (rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
- (rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
- Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
- (Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
- of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- capable of being classified
name
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
- (music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- (intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
- (ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
- pronounce with a nasal twang
- twitch or throb with pain
- cause to sound with a twang
- sound with a twang
- pluck (strings of an instrument)
noun
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- (vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person; especially, a recalcitrant.
- A sharp, pungent taste or flavor; sometimes, a disagreeable one specifically.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- (music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- (phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
adj
- (of an accent) Strongly regional.
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- Plain; evident.
- General rather than specific.
- Wide in extent or scope.
- (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- not detailed or specific
- being at a peak or culminating point
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope
noun
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
- (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- (film, television) A kind of floodlight.
- (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
- slang term for a woman
noun
- Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
- the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
- (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
noun
adj
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point
verb
noun
noun
- (linguistics) A vowel so assimilated.
- (linguistics) The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in Germanic languages whereby back vowels became front vowels when followed by syllable containing a front vocoid (e.g. Germanic lūsiz > Old English lȳs(i) > Modern English lice).
- (informal, orthography) Synonym of diaeresis.
- (orthography) The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel
- (linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
- a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate a change in sound in some languages
verb
noun
- (linguistics) A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.
- (linguistics) A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols.
- A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.
- a specialist in phonetics
noun
adj
- Characteristic, typical.
- (linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
- (rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
- (rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
- Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
- (Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
- of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- capable of being classified
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
- (music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- (intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
- (ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
- pronounce with a nasal twang
- twitch or throb with pain
- cause to sound with a twang
- sound with a twang
- pluck (strings of an instrument)
noun
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- (vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person; especially, a recalcitrant.
- A sharp, pungent taste or flavor; sometimes, a disagreeable one specifically.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- (music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- (phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
adv
noun
- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
- (UK, informal) A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
- (uncommon) A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- (UK, informal) A hen night.
- (transgender slang) The penis of a trans woman.
- (figuratively) A woman.
- (figuratively, derogatory, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
- adult female chicken
- adult female bird
- female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
verb
noun
adj
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point
verb
adj
verb
adj
- Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
- Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
- (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.
- (music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
- (medicine, neuroscience) In a state of continuous unremitting action.
- Restorative; curative; or invigorating.
- relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
- (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
- imparting vitality and energy
- of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
- employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
noun
- (music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
- (phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
- (music) The triad built on the tonic note.
- Tonic water.
- A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
- (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
adj
- (of an accent) Strongly regional.
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- Plain; evident.
- General rather than specific.
- Wide in extent or scope.
- (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- not detailed or specific
- being at a peak or culminating point
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope
noun
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
- (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- (film, television) A kind of floodlight.
- (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
- slang term for a woman