accent

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada, General Australian) enPR: ăkʹsĕnt, IPA: /ˈæk.sɛnt/, (also Australian) /-sənt/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɛk.sent/, /-sənt/

Noun

accent (countable and uncountable, plural accents)

1. (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
   • Synonym: stress
   • Hyponyms: stress, stress accent, pitch, pitch accent
   • In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.
2. (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
   • At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.
3. (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
   • The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.
4. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
5. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
   • a foreign accent
   • a broad Irish accent
   • a hint of a German accent
   1. (informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
      • My professor's accent is so thick that it's difficult to understand her lectures.
      • She spoke with a strong accent that betrayed her southern roots.
      • I was surprised to learn that he was an immigrant, as he spoke without any accent.
   2. (sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
6. A word; a significant tone or sound.
7. (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
8. (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
9. (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
10. (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
11. (music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
12. (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
13. (mathematics) A prime symbol.
14. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
    • accent color
15. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
16. (archaic) Utterance.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ăk-sĕntʹ, ăkʹsĕnt, IPA: /ækˈsɛnt/, /ˈæk.sɛnt/

Verb

accent (third-person singular simple present accents, present participle accenting, simple past and past participle accented)

1. (transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
2. (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
3. (transitive) To mark with written accents.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA: /əkˈsent/
• (Central) IPA: /əkˈsen/
• (Valencian) IPA: /akˈsent/

Noun

accent m (plural accents)

1. accent

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɑɡ̊ˈsɑŋ]

Noun

accent c (singular definite accenten, plural indefinite accenter)

1. accent (a voice influenced by dialect or another language)
2. accent (a mark on a letter (like grave or acute))

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɑɡ̊ˈsɛnˀd̥]

Noun

accent c (singular definite accenten, plural indefinite accenter)

1. (linguistics) accent (stress or a pitch in articulation)
2. accent (emphasis)
3. accent (a mark on a letter (like grave or acute))

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑkˈsɛnt/
• Hyphenation: ac‧cent

Noun

accent n (plural accenten, diminutive accentje n)

1. (linguistics) accent (distinctive pronunciation of a language; phonetic and phonological aspects of a lect)
2. A notably deviant or disprivileged pronunciation of a language.
3. (linguistics) accent (contrasting articulation to express emphasis)
4. (orthography) accent (symbol to indicate spoken accent or the nature of a vowel)
   • Synonym: accentteken
5. (music) accent (stress or emphasis)
6. (music) A mark that indicates musical accent.
   • Synonym: accentteken

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ak.sɑ̃/

Noun

accent m (plural accents)

1. accent, manner or tone of speech
   • Elle parle anglais avec un fort accent français. ― She speaks English with a strong French accent.
   • Aux États-Unis, son accent français ne manque jamais d'attirer l'attention des femmes.

     • In the United States, his French accent never fails to attract women's attention.
2. (linguistics) an accent symbol
   • Hyponyms: accent aigu, accent circonflexe, accent grave
3. (linguistics) accent, stress
4. (music) strain, section
5. emphasis, focus
   • L'accent est mis sur les quantités plutôt que sur les qualités. ― Emphasis is placed on the quantities rather than the qualities.

Noun

accent m (plural accents)

1. (linguistics) accent, stress

Pronunciation

• IPA: /akˈsaŋ/
• Hyphenation: ac‧cent
• Homophone: aksent

Noun

accent

1. Alternative spelling of aksent (“accent”)
2. Only used in accent aigu (“acute accent”)
3. Only used in accent circonflexe (“circumflex”)
4. Only used in accent grave (“grave accent”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɑk.kent/

Noun

accent m

1. accent
2. diacritic

Alternative forms

Adjective

accent

1. present active participle of acceti

Noun

accent n (plural accente)

1. emphasis
2. accent

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a(k)ˈsɛnt/

Noun

accent (plural accents)

1. accent

Pronunciation

• IPA: /akːˈsɛnːt/, /akːˈsaŋː/

Noun

accent c

1. an accent, an emphasis, a stress (in articulation)
2. an accent, a mark on a letter (grave or acute)
3. an accent, a voice influenced by dialect or another language