accentuation
French, noun/ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃/
accentuation is spelled A-C-C-E-N-T-U-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accentuation is a French feminine noun meaning “stressing, accenting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’accentuer”.
What does accentuation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestressing, accenting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’accentuer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of accentuation
- accentuations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accentuation?
- /ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃/
- \ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accentuation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accentuation in French?
accentuation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).