"deaccent" meaning in English

See deaccent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: deaccents [present, singular, third-person], deaccenting [participle, present], deaccented [participle, past], deaccented [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent English deaccent From de- + accent. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|de-|accent|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. 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Head templates: {{en-verb}} deaccent (third-person singular simple present deaccents, present participle deaccenting, simple past and past participle deaccented)
  1. (transitive, phonetics) To remove the accent or stress from (a syllable). Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éd\nProto-Italic *ad\nProto-Italic *ad-\nLatin ad-\nProto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der.\nProto-Italic *kanō\nLatin canō\nLatin accinō\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Italic *-tus\nLatin -tus\n▲\nAncient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq.\nMedieval Latin accentusbor.\nMiddle French accentbor.\nAnglo-Norman accentbor.\nMiddle English accent\nEnglish accent\nEnglish deaccent\nFrom de- + accent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deaccents",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deaccenting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deaccented",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deaccented",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deaccent (third-person singular simple present deaccents, present participle deaccenting, simple past and past participle deaccented)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
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        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂n-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *de",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *déh₁",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd",
        "English terms prefixed with de-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "en:Phonetics"
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      "examples": [
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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          "ref": "2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:",
          "text": "Suprasegmentally, there is a tendency to de-accent information which is repeated, a prominent stressing of demonstratives these and this, and modals and auxiliaries such as should and will, plus a rise-fall intonation that gives a ‘lilting’ quality.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the accent or stress from (a syllable)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ],
        [
          "accent",
          "accent"
        ],
        [
          "stress",
          "stress"
        ],
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, phonetics) To remove the accent or stress from (a syllable)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "deaccent"
}

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