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unaccent

unaccent verb: not to accent, or to remove the accent from.

Verb

unaccent (third-person singular simple present unaccents, present participle unaccenting, simple past and past participle unaccented)

  1. (transitive) Not to accent, or to remove the accent from.

Noun

unaccent (plural unaccents)

  1. An unaccented syllable.

Forms of unaccent

Verb
third-person singular presentunaccents
present participleunaccenting
past participleunaccented
pastunaccented
Noun
pluralunaccents

Origin of unaccent

From un- + accent.

Questions about unaccent

What does unaccent mean?
Unaccent means not to accent, or to remove the accent from.
What part of speech is unaccent?
Unaccent can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of unaccent?
The past tense of unaccent is unaccented.

Words near unaccent in the dictionary

  1. unacademically
  2. unaccelerate
  3. unaccelerated
  4. unaccelerates
  5. unaccelerating
  6. unaccent
  7. unaccented
  8. unaccenting
  9. unaccents
  10. unaccentuated
  11. unaccept

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