accentuer

Accentuer is a French verb meaning to emphasize or to stress something, and in typography to add an accent mark to a letter.

Etymology: The verb is derived from the noun accent and uses the regular -er infinitive suffix, a common pattern for French verbs.

Usage: In everyday French, accentuer signifies giving greater prominence to an idea, a tone, or a feature. In linguistics, it can refer to increasing the prosodic prominence of a syllable; in typography, it denotes applying a diacritic to a letter to indicate pronunciation or orthographic form. In rhetoric and writing, authors may aim to accentuate key points through phrasing or repetition.

Conjugation: Accentuer is a regular -er verb. Present: j'accentue, tu accentues, il accentue, nous accentuons, vous accentuez, ils accentuent. Passé composé: j'ai accentué. Imperfect: j'accentuais, tu accentuais, il accentuait, nous accentuions, vous accentuiez, ils accentuaient. Future: j'accentuerai, tu accentueras, il accentuera, nous accentuerons, vous accentuerez, ils accentueront. Subjunctive: que j'accentue, que tu accentues, qu'il accentue, que nous accentuions, que vous accentuiez, qu'ils accentuent. Participle: accentué.

See also: accent, accentuation, emphasize, diacritic.