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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesunbetont lassen
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʊn.bəˈtoːnt ˈlasən
"Man sollte die Präposition in diesem Satz unbetont lassen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To pronounce or utter a syllable or word without an accent or special emphasis.
"In rapid speech, native speakers tend to unstress auxiliary verbs and prepositions."
- 1
The absence of stress or accentuation on a particular syllable or word in speech.
"The unstress of the final syllable creates a natural rhythmic flow in trochaic meters."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix un- (denoting reversal or lack of) combined with the noun/verb stress, which traces back via Middle English to Old French and Latin strictus. The term emerged in linguistic and phonetic discourse during the 19th century to describe the absence of prominence or accentuation in syllables or words.
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inaccentuer
Transliteration: in-ak-sã-tue
"Dans cette phrase, il faut inaccentuer la dernière syllabe."
unbetont lassen
Transliteration: ʊn.bəˈtoːnt ˈlasən
"Man sollte die Präposition in diesem Satz unbetont lassen."
deaccentare
Transliteration: de-at-tʃen-ta-re
"È comune deaccentare le parole grammaticali nel discorso veloce."
desacentuar
Transliteration: de-sa-sen-twar
"Los hablantes tienden a desacentuar los artículos en una conversación casual."
desacentuar
Transliteration: de-a-sen-tu-ar
"Muitas vezes é preciso desacentuar as preposições na frase."
अस्वरित करना
Transliteration: asvarit karna
"तेजी से बोलते समय लोग अक्सर छोटे शब्दों को अस्वरित कर देते हैं।"
读成非重读
Transliteration: dú chéng fēi zhòngdú
"在这句话中，我们需要把这个音节读成非重读。"
강세를 빼다
Transliteration: gangsereul ppeda
"빠른 말하기에서는 대개 전치사에 강세를 빼다."
弱勢にする
Transliteration: jakusei ni suru
"英語では機能語を弱勢にすることが多い。"
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