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Definition of 'accent'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) accent
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, pitch, length, or a combination of these.

2.  accent
degree of prominence of a syllable within a word or of a word within a phrase:
primary accent; secondary accent.

3.  accent
a mark indicating stress (as or ), vowel quality (as French grave `, acute ´, circumflex ˆ), pitch, distinction in meaning, or that an ordinarily silent vowel is to be pronounced.

4.  accent
regularly recurring stress in verse.

5.  accent
a mode of pronunciation characteristic of or distinctive to the speech of a particular person, group, or locality:
a southern accent.

6.  accent
such a mode of pronunciation recognized as being of foreign origin:
She still speaks with an accent.

7.  accent
a stress or emphasis given to certain musical notes.

8.  accent
a mark indicating this.

9.  accent
stress or emphasis regularly recurring as a feature of rhythm.

10.  accent
Often, accents.

11.  accent
the tones, inflections, choice of words, etc., that identify a particular individual or express a particular emotion.

12.  accent
special attention or emphasis:
an accent on accuracy.

13.  accent
a contrasting detail.

14.  accent
a distinctive quality or feature.

15.  accent
a symbol used to distinguish similar mathematical quantities that differ in value, as in b′, b″, b‴ (called b prime, b second or b double prime, b third or b triple prime, respectively).

16.  accent
a symbol used to indicate a particular unit of measure, as feet (′) or inches (″), minutes (′) or seconds (″).

17.  accent
a symbol used to indicate the order of a derivative of a function in calculus, as f′ (called f prime) is the first derivative of a function
f.

18.  accent
accents, words; language; speech:
He spoke in accents bold.

19. (v.t.) accent
to pronounce with prominence (a syllable within a word or a word within a phrase):
Accent the first syllable.

20.  accent
to mark with a written accent or accents.

21.  accent
to give emphasis or prominence to; accentuate.

Etymology: (1520–30; < L accentus speaking tone =ac-ac - +-centus,cantus song (see canto ))

Definition of 'accent'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) accent, speech pattern
distinctive manner of oral expression
"he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

2. (noun) emphasis, accent
special importance or significance
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

3. (noun) dialect, idiom, accent
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
"the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

4. (noun) stress, emphasis, accent
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

5. (verb) accent, accent mark
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

6. (verb) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

7. (verb) stress, accent, accentuate
put stress on; utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

Definition of 'accent'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) accent
a way of pronouncing words
a foreign/French/English etc. accent

2. accent
a mark above a letter showing its pronunciation
Caf; é has an accent on the 'e'.

Definition of 'accent'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) accent
a superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others

2. (noun) accent
a mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents

3. (noun) accent
modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent

4. (noun) accent
a word; a significant tone

5. (noun) accent
expressions in general; speech

6. (noun) accent
stress laid on certain syllables of a verse

7. (noun) accent
a regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure

8. (noun) accent
a special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure

9. (noun) accent
the rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period

10. (noun) accent
the expressive emphasis and shading of a passage

11. (noun) accent
a mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''

12. (noun) accent
a mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds

13. (noun) accent
a mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches

14. (verb) accent
to express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent

15. (verb) accent
to mark emphatically; to emphasize

Translation of 'accent'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a mark used to show) the stress on a syllable The accent is on the second syllable.
Afrikaans: klem	Arabic: نَبْرَة الصَّوت	Bulgarian: ударение
Brazilian: acento	Czech: přízvuk	German: die Betonung
Danish: tryk	Greek: τόνος, τονισμός	Spanish: acento
Estonian: rõhk	Farsi: تکیه صدا	Finnish: paino
French: accent (tonique)	Hebrew: דָגֶש, הַטְעָמָה	Hindi: स्वर का चढ़ाव उतार
Croatian: naglasak	Hungarian: hangsúly(jel)	Indonesian: tekanan kata
Icelandic: áhersla	Italian: accento	Japanese: アクセント
Korean: 악센트	Lithuanian: kirtis	Latvian: uzsvars, akcents
Malay: aksen	Dutch: accent	Norwegian: trykk
Polish: akcent	Persian: تکیه يا تاكيد صدا	Pashto: د ږغ تشديد
Portuguese: acento	Romanian: accent	Russian: ударение
Slovak: prízvuk	Slovenian: naglas	Serbian: akcent
Swedish: accent, betoning	Thai: การเน้นเสียง	Turkish: vurgu
Taiwanese: 重音	Ukrainian: наголос	Urdu: لفظ پر زور
Vietnamese: dấu trọng âm	Chinese: 重音，重音符号
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