"accentless" meaning in English

See accentless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæk.sɛnt.ləs/ [General-American] Forms: more accentless [comparative], most accentless [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Medieval Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Medieval Latin canō Medieval Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English accentless From accent + -less. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|accent|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Medieval Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Medieval Latin canō Medieval Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English accentless [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "at", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂éd", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*ad", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*ad-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "ad-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-med" }, { "id" : "sing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "sing", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "sing", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*keh₂n-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kanō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "canō", "gloss" : "sing", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "accinō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-med" }, { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "-tus", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "calq.", "keyword_label" : "Calque of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "προσῳδῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "calque" } ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "accentus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-med" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "accent", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "frm" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "accent", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "accent", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "accent", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*lewHs-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*leusaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-laus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-lēas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-les", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-less", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "accentless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="accentless"> From accent + -less. Head templates: {{en-adj}} accentless (comparative more accentless, superlative most accentless)
  1. (of a person) Speaking without an accent. Translations (speaking without an accent): akzentfrei (German), sem sotaque (Portuguese), ئۇرغۇسىز (urghusiz) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-accentless-en-adj-ZX6VGUrC Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 17 15 17 25 25 Disambiguation of 'speaking without an accent': 69 24 3 3 1
  2. (of speech) Spoken without an accent.
    Sense id: en-accentless-en-adj-s0BafSk5 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 17 15 17 25 25
  3. (of a word's sound or of a language) Not having any stress (accent).
    Sense id: en-accentless-en-adj-K6UYDZap Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 17 15 17 25 25
  4. (of a written word) Having no accent marks. Synonyms: unaccented
    Sense id: en-accentless-en-adj-4zPjU5gt Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Uyghur translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 6 8 12 46 28 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 6 8 12 46 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 12 50 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 17 15 17 25 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 11 49 30 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 11 9 42 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 6 56 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 13 52 32 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 6 8 15 44 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 7 17 41 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 7 20 38 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 7 7 20 39 26
  5. (of a written word) Having no diacritical marks of any kind. Synonyms: diacriticless, undiacritized, unaccented
    Sense id: en-accentless-en-adj-tmGwuHoD Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 17 15 17 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: accentlessly, accentlessness
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      "word": "akzentfrei"
    },
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