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Pitch accent Moderate

Pitch accent has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness

2

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
stress
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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