accentuer
French → English
(general) Emphasize: to make something more noticeable or to increase its intensity
Le filet rouge sur la façade accentuait le profil de la corniche.
(English) The red line on the facade emphasized the profile of the cornice.
Le vent fraîchissait et le roulis du bateau s’accentuait dangereusement.
(English) The wind was getting fresher and the ship's rolling was intensifying dangerously.
(linguistics) Stress: to pronounce a syllable with force or mark it with an accent
Il faut accentuer davantage la dernière syllabe de ce mot français.
(English) You must stress the last syllable of this French word more.
Les grammairiens grecs ont été les premiers à accentuer les mots écrits.
(English) Greek grammarians were the first to put accents on written words.
Entry ID: fr:en:accentuer · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary