Meanings
present singular third person deaccents · participle present deaccenting · participle past deaccented · past deaccented
- transitivehuman sciencesTo remove the accent or stress from (a syllable).
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.
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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- 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
- Englishdeaccent
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Cite this entry
deaccent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deaccent
“deaccent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deaccent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deaccent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deaccent.
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