Meanings
comparative more unaccented · superlative most unaccented
- Of a person's speech, not pronounced with a distinctive accent.
The Frenchman spoke clear, unaccented English.
- Of a written word, having no accent marks.
Synonyms: accentless
- Of a written word, having no diacritical marks of any kind.
Synonyms: accentless, diacriticless, undiacritized
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a written word, having no accent marks.
adjectiveOf a written word, having no diacritical marks of any kind.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(used of syllables) carrying no stress
adjective(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishaccented
- Englishunaccented
Translations
Finnish tarkkeeton
- tarkkeetonaccentless
Italian disaccentato
- disaccentatoaccentless
Portuguese inacentuado, átono
- inacentuadoaccentless
- átonoaccentless
Romanian neaccentuat
- neaccentuataccentless
Russian безуда́рный
- безуда́рный (bezudárnyj)accentless
Cite this entry
unaccented. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaccented
“unaccented.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaccented. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unaccented,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaccented.
Source: unaccented on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.