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ACCENT [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 - external organization data 2019-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
PHR

To speak without an accent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
PHR

Parler sans accent.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

Emphasis or prominence given to a note or chord, as by an increase in volume or extended duration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Mise en relief d'un point fort dans une ligne mélodique [ou rythmique], soit par le renforcement d'intensité d'une note, soit par l'allongement de sa durée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
CONT

Highlighting, in antiquing, [means] accenting raised areas on furniture with a lighter tone than the crevices, [or] emphasizing the impression of relief by making certain parts of a finished surface lighter than the general color of that surface.

Key term(s)
  • pick out the molding
  • raise moulding by color
  • raise molding by color
  • raise molding by colour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
DEF

Faire ressortir un fond ou marquer les contours d'un ornement par opposition de couleurs. [Définition normalisée par l’AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

réchampir : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Intergovernmental Programs
  • Language (General)
OBS

The Council of Education Ministers, Canada. Accent is a part-time work experience available to postsecondary students who, as a rule, study outside their home province or territory. Accent gives you a chance to share your language and culture and to help young people in your host province discover them. The part-time language-assistant program, Accent, has been cancelled in 2010.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes intergouvernementaux
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
OBS

Conseil des ministres de l'Éducation (Canada). Accent, c’est un emploi à temps partiel offert aux étudiants du postsecondaire qui étudient, en règle générale, dans une province ou un territoire autre que le leur. Accent vous donne l’occasion de partager votre langue et votre culture et de la faire connaître aux jeunes de votre province ou territoire d’accueil. Le Programme des moniteurs de langues à temps partiel Accent a été annulé en 2010.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Grammar
DEF

A mark ... used in writing or printing to indicate a specific sound value, stress, or pitch, to distinguish words otherwise identically spelled

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Grammaire
DEF

Signe placé sur une voyelle pour en préciser la prononciation (é, è, ê) [ou] pour distinguer un mot d'un homonyme non accentué (la et là, du et dû)

Spanish

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