accent

Plural: accents

Noun

• distinctive manner of oral expression
  • "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"
• special importance or significance
  • "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
• the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
  • "he has a strong German accent"
• the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
• a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
• 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.
• Emphasis or importance in general.
• 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.
• Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
• 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.
• 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 manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
• 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 distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
• A word; a significant tone or sound.
• Expressions in general; speech.
• Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
• A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
• A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
• A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
• The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
• A prime symbol.
• Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
• A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
• Utterance.

Verb

Verb Forms: accented, accenting, accents

• To emphasize a particular feature.
• to stress, single out as important
• put stress on; utter with an accent
  • "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
• To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
• To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
• To mark with written accents.

Examples

• a broad Irish accent
• a foreign accent
• a hint of a German accent
• a thick French accent
• accent color
• At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.
• I was surprised to learn that he was an immigrant, as he spoke without any accent.
• In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.
• 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.
• The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.
• You should accent the ’X’ by placing it on a double letter score.

Synonyms

accent mark, accentuate, dialect, emphasis, emphasise, emphasize, idiom, punctuate, speech pattern, stress

Related Words

circumflex, diacritic

Anagrams of accent