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stress accent

stress accent noun: a method or application of realizing phonological prominence of a segment phonetically by loudness or duration.

Noun

stress accent (plural stress accents)

  1. A method or application of realizing phonological prominence of a segment phonetically by loudness or duration.

Forms of stress accent

pluralstress accents

Words formed from stress accent

Questions about stress accent

What does stress accent mean?
Stress accent means a method or application of realizing phonological prominence of a segment phonetically by loudness or duration.
What part of speech is stress accent?
Stress accent is a noun.
What is the plural of stress accent?
The plural of stress accent is stress accents.

Words near stress accent in the dictionary

  1. streptozotocin
  2. strepzotocin
  3. Stresa
  4. Stresemann's bristlefront
  5. stress
  6. stress accent
  7. stress accents
  8. stress ball
  9. stress balls
  10. stress cardiomyopathy
  11. stress deafness

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