pitch accent

See also: pitch-accent

English

Noun

pitch accent (plural pitch accents)

1. (phonology) Any of a variety of restricted 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.

   Coordinate term: stress accent

Derived terms

• pitch-accent (attributive)

 

Translations

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, kōtei akusento), 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