how to pronounce accidental

/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.təl/

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accidental is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of accidental in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… about his accidental hit and run eden …”

meanings of accidental

adjective:

Not essential; incidental, secondary.
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.

noun:

A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

accidental frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word accidental occurs in english on average 7.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics accidental can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that accidental can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;