Polish language

How to pronounce stress in Polish?

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Type Words
Synonyms accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate
Type of evince, show, express
Has types underscore, background, bear down, bring out, downplay, drive home, emphasise, emphasize, play down, point up, press home, ram home, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, set off, topicalize, underline
Type Words
Synonyms strain
Type of difficulty


she endured the stresses and strains of life.
he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger.
Type Words
Synonyms focus
Type of accent, emphasis


the stress was more on accuracy than on speed.
Type Words
Synonyms strain, try
Type of afflict
Has types rack
Derivation stressor
Type Words
Synonyms accent, emphasis
Type of prosody, inflection
Has types sentence stress, word accent, word stress, accentuation, pitch accent, tonic accent


he put the stress on the wrong syllable.
Type Words
Synonyms tenseness, tension
Type of nervous strain, strain, mental strain
Has types breaking point, yips


stress is a vasoconstrictor.
Type Words
Synonyms accent, accentuate
Type of enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out, articulate, enounce
Type Words
Type of force
Has types tension, breaking point


the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area.