Meanings
adjectiveaccentless (comparative more accentless, superlative most accentless)
comparative more accentless · superlative most accentless
- Speaking without an accent.
- Spoken without an accent.
“You were looking up my skirt,” she said flatly, in accentless English.
2009, Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal, Picador (2015), page 126 - Having no accent marks.
Synonyms: unaccented
- Having no diacritical marks of any kind.
Synonyms: diacriticless, undiacritized, unaccented
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving no accent marks.
Similar
adjectiveHaving no diacritical marks of any kind.
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
- Proto-Italic*kanō
- Latincanō
- Latinaccinō
- Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
- Medieval Latinaccentus
- Middle Frenchaccent
- Anglo-Normanaccent
- Middle Englishaccent
- Englishaccent
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishaccentless
Translations
German akzentfrei
- akzentfreispeaking without an accent
Portuguese sem sotaque
- sem sotaquespeaking without an accent
Cite this entry
APA
accentless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accentless
MLA
“accentless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accentless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accentless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accentless.
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