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pitch-accent

pitch-accent is the attributive form of pitch accent.

Meaning of pitch accent

Noun

pitch accent (plural pitch accents)

  1. 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.

Forms of pitch-accent

pluralpitch-accents

Questions about pitch-accent

What is pitch-accent the attributive form of?
Pitch-accent is the attributive form of pitch accent.

Words near pitch-accent in the dictionary

  1. pitch the nob
  2. pitch the tent
  3. pitch up
  4. pitch upon
  5. pitch woo
  6. pitch-accent
  7. pitch-accents
  8. pitch-and-putt
  9. pitch-and-toss
  10. pitch-apple
  11. pitch-black

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