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acÂ·cent Â ( [image]

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n.

1. The relative prominence of a particular syllable of a word by greater intensity or by variation or modulation of pitch or tone.

2. Vocal prominence or emphasis given to a particular syllable, word, or phrase.

3. A characteristic pronunciation, especially:

a. One determined by the regional or social background of the speaker.

b. One determined by the phonetic habits of the speaker's native language carried over to his or her use of another language.

4. A mark or symbol used in the printing and writing of certain languages to indicate the vocal quality to be given to a particular letter: an acute accent.

5. A mark or symbol used in printing and writing to indicate the stressed syllables of a spoken word.

6. Rhythmically significant stress in a line of verse.

7. Music

a. Emphasis or prominence given to a note or chord, as by an increase in volume or extended duration.

b. A mark representing this.

8. Mathematics

a. A mark used as a superscript to distinguish among variables represented by the same symbol.

b. A mark used as a superscript to indicate the first derivative of a variable.

9. A mark or one of several marks used as a superscript to indicate a unit, such as feet ( [image]

) and inches (") in linear measurement.

10.

a. A distinctive feature or quality, such as a feature that accentuates, contrasts with, or complements a decorative style.

b. Something that accentuates or contrasts something else, as a touch of color that makes the features of an image stand out.

11. Particular importance or interest; emphasis: The accent is on comfort. See Synonyms at emphasis.

tr.v. (

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) acÂ·centÂ·ed, acÂ·centÂ·ing, acÂ·cents

1. To stress or emphasize the pronunciation of.

2. To mark with a printed accent.

3. To focus attention on; accentuate: a program that accents leadership development.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin accentus, accentuation : ad-, ad- + cantus, song (from canere, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots).]

accent

Noun

1. the distinctive style of pronunciation of a person or group from a particular area, country, or social background

2. a mark used in writing to indicate the prominence of a syllable or the way a vowel is pronounced

3. particular emphasis: there will be an accent on sport and many will enjoy rowing

4. the stress on a syllable or musical note

Verb

to lay particular emphasis on [Latin accentus]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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

speech pattern

pronunciation - the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation"

drawl - a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

2.

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"

emphasis

grandness, importance - a prominent status; "a person of importance"

stress, focus - special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

3. 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"

dialect, idiom

non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community

eye dialect - the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker

patois - a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

spang, bang - leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"

forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards - at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

4. 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"

stress, emphasis

prosody, inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

accentuation - the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance

pitch accent, tonic accent - emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness

word accent, word stress - the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word

sentence stress - the distribution of stresses within a sentence

5. accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

accent mark

language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"

diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation

stress mark - a mark indicating the stress on a syllable

acute, acute accent, ague - a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

grave accent, grave - a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Verb 1. accent - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasise

background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"

re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity"

bear down - pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"

evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"

topicalize - emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"

point up - emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"

press home, ram home, drive home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"

emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"

2. accent - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

accentuate, stress

enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

accent

noun 1. pronunciation, tone, articulation, inflection, brogue, intonation, diction, modulation, elocution, enunciation, accentuation

verb 2. emphasize, stress, highlight, underline, bring home, underscore, accentuate, give emphasis to, call or draw attention to

Translations

accent [ˈæksɛnt] n → acento

accent [ˈæksɛnt] n → accent m

accent [ˈæksɛnt] n → Akzent m (fig) (emphasis, stress) → Betonung f;

to speak with an Irish accent → mit einem irischen Akzent sprechen;

to have a strong accent → einen starken Akzent haben

accent [ˈæksɛnt] n → accento

accent

n accent [ËˆÓ•ksÉ™nt]

1 (a mark used to show) the stress on a syllable The accent is on the second syllable. klem Ù†ÙŽØ¨Ù’Ø±ÙŽØ© Ø§Ù„ØµÙ‘ÙŽÙˆØª ÑƒÐ´Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ pÅ™Ãzvuk tryk die Betonung Ï„ÏŒÎ½Î¿Ï‚, Ï„Î¿Î½Î¹ÏƒÎ¼ÏŒÏ‚ acento rÃµhk ØªÚ©ÛŒÙ‡ ØµØ¯Ø§ paino accent (tonique) ×“Ö¸×’Ö¶×©, ×”Ö·×˜Ö°×¢Ö¸×žÖ¸×” à¤¸à¥à¤µà¤° à¤•à¤¾ à¤šà¤¢à¤¼à¤¾à¤µ à¤‰à¤¤à¤¾à¤° naglasak hangsÃºly(jel) tekanan kata Ã¡hersla accento ã‚¢ã‚¯ã‚»ãƒ³ãƒˆ ê°•ì„¸ kirtis uzsvars, akcents aksen accent trykk akcent acento accent ÑƒÐ´Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ prÃzvuk naglas akcent accent, betoning à¸à¸²à¸£à¹€à¸™à¹‰à¸™à¹€à¸ªà¸µà¸¢à¸‡ vurgu é‡éŸ³ç¬¦è™Ÿ Ð½Ð°Ð³Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ñ Ù„ÙØ¸ Ù¾Ø± Ø²ÙˆØ± dáº¥u trá»ng Ã¢m é‡éŸ³ ç¬¦å·

2 a mark used to show the pronunciation of a letter in certain languages Put an accent on the e in dÃ©but. aksentteken Ø¹ÙŽÙ„ÙŽØ§Ù…ÙŽØ© ØªÙŽØ´Ù’Ø¯ÙÙŠØ¯ Ø§Ù„Ù„Ù‘ÙŽÙÙ’Ø¸ Ð·Ð½Ð°Ðº Ð·Ð° ÑƒÐ´Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ akcent accenttegn der Akzent Ï„ÏŒÎ½Î¿Ï‚ (ÏƒÎ·Î¼ÎµÎ¯Î¿ ÏƒÏ„Î¯Î¾Î·Ï‚) acento, tilde rÃµhumÃ¤rk Ø¢Ú©Ø³Ø§Ù† painomerkki accent ×¡Ö´×™×žÖ¸×Ÿ ×˜Ö¸×¢Ö¸× à¤¸à¥à¤µà¤° à¤‰à¤šà¥à¤šà¤¾à¤°à¤£ à¤•à¤°à¤¨à¤¾ naglasak Ã©kezet tanda ucapan Ã¡herslumerki accento ã‚¢ã‚¯ã‚»ãƒ³ãƒˆç¬¦å· ì•…ì„¼íŠ¸ ë¶€í˜¸ kirÄio Å¾enklas uzsvara (akcenta) zÄ«me tanda aksen accent aksenttegn znak diakrytyczny acento accent Ð·Ð½Ð°Ðº ÑƒÐ´Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ akcent, spÃ´sob vÃ½slovnosti poudarek akcent accent[] à¹€à¸„à¸£à¸·à¹ˆà¸à¸‡à¸«à¸¡à¸²à¸¢à¹à¸ªà¸”à¸‡à¸à¸²à¸£à¹€à¸™à¹‰à¸™à¹€à¸ªà¸µà¸¢à¸‡ vurgu iÅŸareti éŸ³èª¿ç¬¦è™Ÿ Ð°ÐºÑ†ÐµÐ½Ñ‚ ØªÙ„ÙØ¸ Ú©Ø§ Ù†Ø´Ø§Ù† dáº¥u nháº¥n phÃ¡t Ã¢m éŸ³ è°ƒ ç¬¦å·

3 emphasis The accent must be on hard work. nadruk ØªÙŽÙˆÙ’ÙƒÙÙŠØ¯ Ð½Ð°Ð±Ð»ÑÐ³Ð°Ð½Ðµ dÅ¯raz hovedvÃ¦gt die Betonung ÎÎ¼Ï†Î±ÏƒÎ· Ã©nfasis pearÃµhk ØªØ£Ú©ÛŒØ¯ pÃ¤Ã¤paino accent ×“Ö¸×’Ö¶×© à¤¬à¤²à¤¾à¤˜à¤¾à¤¤ naglasak hangsÃºly penekanan Ã¡hersla accento å¼·èª¿ ê°•ì¡° didÅ¾iausias dÄ—mesys, pabrÄ—Å¾imas uzsvars penekanan accent hovedvekt nacisk Ãªnfase acÂcent Ð°ÐºÑ†ÐµÐ½Ñ‚ dÃ´raz poudarek naglasak tonvikt à¸à¸²à¸£à¹€à¸™à¹‰à¸™ vurgulama å¼·èª¿ Ð°ÐºÑ†ÐµÐ½Ñ‚, Ð½Ð°Ð³Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ñ ØªØ§Ú©ÛŒØ¯ Ú©Ø±Ù†Ø§ sá»± nháº¥n máº¡nh å¼ºè°ƒ

4 a special way of pronouncing words in a particular area etc an American accent. aksent Ù„ÙŽÙ‡Ù’Ø¬ÙŽÙ‡ Ð°ÐºÑ†ÐµÐ½Ñ‚ akcent, pÅ™Ãzvuk accent; udtale der Akzent Ï€ÏÎ¿Ï†Î¿ÏÎ¬ acento, pronunciaciÃ³n aktsent Ù„Ù‡Ø¬Ù‡ korostus accent ×žÖ´×‘Ö°×˜Ö¸× à¤²à¤¹à¤œà¤¾ naglasak kiejtÃ©smÃ³d aksen framburÃ°ur accento ãªã¾ã‚Š (íŠ¹ìœ í•œ) ì–´ì¡°, ë§ì”¨ akcentas, tartis akcents pelat accent aksent, tonefall akcent pronÃºncia accent Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð¸Ð·Ð½Ð¾ÑˆÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ akcent, prÃzvuk naglas akcent brytning, uttal à¸ªà¸³à¹€à¸™à¸µà¸¢à¸‡ aksan å£éŸ³ Ð°ÐºÑ†ÐµÐ½Ñ‚ Ù„ÛØ¬Û giá»ng å£éŸ³

[É™kËˆsent] v

to pronounce with stress or emphasis The second syllable is accented. aksentueer Ù†Ø¨Ù‘ÙŽØ± Ø§Ù„Ù„Ù‘ÙŽÙÙ’Ø¸ØŒ Ø´ÙŽØ¯Ù‘ÙŽØ¯ÙŽ Ø¹ÙŽÙ„ÙŽÙ‰ Ù…ÙŽÙ‚Ù’Ø·ÙŽØ¹ Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð¸Ð·Ð½Ð°ÑÑÐ¼ Ñ ÑƒÐ´Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ zdÅ¯raznit accentueret; med accent betonen Ï„Î¿Î½Î¯Î¶Ï‰ acentuar rÃµhutama Ø¨Ø§ ÙØ´Ø§Ø± Ø§Ø¯Ø§ Ú©Ø±Ø¯Ù† painottaa accentuer ×œÖ°×”Ö·×˜×¢Ö´×™×, ×œÖ°×”Ö·×“Ö°×’Ö´×™×© à¤¸à¥à¤µà¤°à¤¾à¤˜à¤¾à¤¤ naglasiti hangsÃºlyoz pemberian tekanan leggja Ã¡herslu Ã¡ accentare ã‚¢ã‚¯ã‚»ãƒ³ãƒˆã‚’ã¤ã‘ã‚‹ ê°•ì„¸ë¥¼ ë¶™ì´ë‹¤[] kirÄiuoti, pabrÄ—Å¾ti uzsvÄ“rt; akcentÄ“t ditekankan beklemtonen betone; legge trykk/vekt pÃ¥ akcentowaÄ‡ acentuar a accentua Ð´ÐµÐ»Ð°Ñ‚ÑŒ ÑƒÐ´Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ zdÃ´razniÅ¥ poudariti naglasiti betona à¸¥à¸‡à¹€à¸ªà¸µà¸¢à¸‡à¸«à¸™à¸±à¸ vurgulamak é‡è®€ Ñ€Ð¾Ð±Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¸ Ð½Ð°Ð³Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ñ Ø²ÙˆØ± Ø¯ÛŒÙ†Ø§ nháº¥n máº¡nh é‡è¯»

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