different between accentuation vs accentuate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin accentuatio. Compare French accentuation. Equivalent to accentuate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æk.?s?n.t??.?we?.??n/, /??k.?s?n.t??.?we?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

accentuation (countable and uncountable, plural accentuations)

1. Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
2. (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

accentuation f (plural accentuations)

1. stressing, accenting

Further reading

• “accentuation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1731.
• (emphasize): First attested in 1865.
• From Medieval Latin accentu?tus, past participle of accentu?re, from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?k?sen.t?u.e?t/, /æk?sen.t?u?e?t/

Verb

accentuate (third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated)

1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
   • 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds/Book 2/Chapter 3

     our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility
3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

Synonyms

• accent, betone

Related terms

• accentual
• accentuation

Translations

Italian

Adjective

accentuate f pl

1. feminine plural of accentuato

Verb

accentuate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accentuare
2. second-person plural imperative of accentuare