what is accent?
An accent is a stress or emphasis on a particular part of something, usually a word. Pronounce the word doofus with the accent on the first syllable: DOO-fuss. Accent comes from the Latin accentus, which means the intonation of singing.. We use accent for different kinds of emphasis in speech. In some foreign languages, the mark above a letter is an accent that signals how to pronounce it. If you accent something, like the t on the end of your name, you highlight it.