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"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."
],
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"(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."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
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],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accent musical"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīngāo zhòngyīn",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "音高重音"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "sävelaksentti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accent de hauteur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accent tonal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tonakzent"
},
{
"alt": "こうていアクセント",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōtei akusento",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "高低アクセント"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "takasa akusento",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "高さアクセント"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "onjō takasa akusento, onsei takasa akusento",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "音声高さアクセント"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pitchi-akusento",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "ピッチアクセント"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gojeo aksenteu",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "고저(高低) 악센트"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akcent toniczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento tonal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento musical"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento de altura"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tonalʹnoje udarénije",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тональное ударе́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toničeskoje udarénije",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тоническое ударе́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tonovoje udarénije",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тоновое ударе́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento tonal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento musical"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "ordaccent"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "tonaccent"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "musikalisk accent"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pitch accent"
]
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],
"word": "pitch accent"
}
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"tags": [
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
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"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."
],
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"(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."
],
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"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"phonology",
"sciences"
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accent musical"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīngāo zhòngyīn",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "音高重音"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "sävelaksentti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accent de hauteur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accent tonal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tonakzent"
},
{
"alt": "こうていアクセント",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōtei akusento",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "高低アクセント"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "takasa akusento",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "高さアクセント"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "onjō takasa akusento, onsei takasa akusento",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "音声高さアクセント"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pitchi-akusento",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "ピッチアクセント"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gojeo aksenteu",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "고저(高低) 악센트"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akcent toniczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento tonal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento musical"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento de altura"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tonalʹnoje udarénije",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тональное ударе́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toničeskoje udarénije",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тоническое ударе́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tonovoje udarénije",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тоновое ударе́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento tonal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phonology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acento musical"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "ordaccent"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "tonaccent"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonology",
"word": "musikalisk accent"
}
],
"word": "pitch accent"
}
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