accent
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Medieval Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der.
Proto-Italic *kanō
Medieval Latin canō
Medieval Latin accinō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Medieval Latin -tus
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Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq.
Medieval Latin accentusbor.
Middle French accentbor.
Anglo-Norman accentbor.
Middle English accent
English accent
Inherited from Middle English accent, from Medieval Latin accentus and Old French accent, acent, both from Latin accentus, past participle of accinō (“sing to, sing along”), from ad- + canō (“to sing”). The word accent had been borrowed into Old English already, but was lost and reborrowed in Middle English.
Inflected forms:
form: accents
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: accents
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: accenting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: accented
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: accented
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.
gloss: Emphasis or importance in general.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.
gloss: A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any mark used in writing over letters, either in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked, or to distinguish homophones.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.
California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).
gloss: Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which for my part I will not be, though I should win your displeasure to entreat me to 't.
The tender Accents of a Woman’s Cry ¶ Will paſs unheard, will unregarded die;
And he repeated her words with such assurance of accent, such boastful pretence of amazement, that she could not help replying with quickness …
Edmund White, John Mitzel, and David Goodstein, among others, have taken pains to distinguish two kinds of "liberation" envisioned by the members of our recently emerged movement: assimilation into the body politic — or a total restructuring of the sex-role system. The second path amounts to revolutionary subversion, but we hear little about it here, except in the accents of reproach: to the idea that gay people might be "pioneers in the area of relationship" and that "our greatest offering to civilization is the beauty of sexual freedom," McNaught responds: "Bunk!"
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a foreign accent
a broad Irish accent
a hint of a German accent
a thick French accent
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
proscribed
sometimes
uncountable
examples: 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.
They were all Middle Eastern types but spoke French without any accent.
Growing up in the Rhondda and having a strong accent was never a problem for me and my voice never really stood out from the crowd.
It's really hard to get in an audition room when you have an accent. Rather than being treated as the other people, you are falling into a category of foreigners who can't really maintain the role.
Why go to the effort of writing in a character with an Indian name played by an Indian actor whose main personality trait is that he is stupid and has an accent?
But over the years, even after perfecting "accent-less" English, graduating from college, getting a job at Goldman Sachs, and becoming an American citizen, Arce still felt like she didn't belong.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I believe I still retain some of my hearing accent when I use American Sign Language.
Cheesesteaks, Peanut Chews, Tastykakes, oh yeah, the Liberty Bell — there's so much to love about Philadelphia, but one of the best things about the city of Brotherly Love is the accent. We're not talking about spoken English — we're talking about American Sign Language.
gloss: A word; a significant tone or sound.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I heard my landlady's accents attuned to nervous civility, mingling with the mellow tones of a deep masculine voice,
gloss: Expressions in general; speech.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural
plural-only
uncountable
usually
examples: Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, / Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear.
gloss: Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A prime symbol.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: accent color
gloss: A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Utterance.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To mark with written accents.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: circumflex
diacritic
Derived words: accent acute
accent diamond
accentism
accentless
accent mark
accentologist
accentology
accentor
accent tag
accent wall
accent-wise
acute accent
blaccent
circumflex accent
deaccent
diamond accent
fagcent
foreign accent syndrome
grave accent
gravo-acute accent
misaccent
nonaccent
overaccent
primary accent
reaccent
secondary accent
tonic accent
unaccent
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: theks
lang: Arabic
word: عَلَامَة نَبْر
lang: Armenian
word: շեշտ
roman: šešt
lang: Asturian
word: acentu
lang: Asturian
word: tilde
lang: Azerbaijani
word: aksent
lang: Azerbaijani
word: vurğu işarəsi
lang: Belarusian
word: на́ціск
roman: nácisk
lang: Bulgarian
word: ударе́ние
roman: udarénie
lang: Catalan
word: accent
lang: Catalan
word: titlla
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尖音符
roman: jiānyīnfú
lang: Czech
word: přízvuk
lang: Dutch
word: accent
lang: Dutch
word: klemtoon
lang: Esperanto
word: diakrita signo
lang: Esperanto
word: diakritilo
lang: Estonian
word: rõhumärk
lang: Finnish
word: aksenttimerkki
lang: Finnish
word: aksentti
lang: French
word: accent
lang: Galician
word: acento
lang: German
word: Akzent
lang: German
word: Akzentzeichen
lang: Greek
word: τόνος
roman: tónos
lang: Hebrew
word: טַעַם
roman: tá'am
lang: Hungarian
word: ékezet
lang: Ido
word: supersigno
lang: Ido
word: diakritiko
lang: Italian
word: accento
lang: Japanese
word: アクセント
roman: akusento
lang: Ligurian
word: acénto
lang: Macedonian
word: акцент
roman: akcent
lang: Māori
word: tohu whakahua kupu
lang: Māori
word: tohu whakahua
lang: Norman
word: accent
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: aksent
lang: Iranian Persian
word: آکْسان
roman: âksân
lang: Polish
word: akcent
lang: Portuguese
word: acento
lang: Romanian
word: accent
lang: Russian
word: знак ударе́ния
roman: znak udarénija
lang: Russian
word: ударе́ние
roman: udarénije
lang: Sardinian
word: atzentu
lang: Spanish
word: acento gráfico
lang: Spanish
word: tilde
lang: Swedish
word: accent
lang: Tagalog
word: diin
lang: Telugu
word: శైలి
roman: śaili
lang: Ukrainian
word: на́голос
roman: náholos
lang: Vietnamese
word: dấu
lang: Volapük
word: kazetamal
lang: Afrikaans
word: tongval
lang: Albanian
word: theks
lang: Arabic
word: لَهْجَة
roman: lahja
lang: Arabic
word: لُكْنَة
roman: lukna
lang: Arabic
word: تَلَفُّظ
roman: talaffuẓ
lang: Arabic
word: نُطْق
roman: nuṭq
lang: Arabic
word: لَهْجَة
roman: lahja
lang: Armenian
word: ակցենտ
roman: akcʻent
lang: Armenian
word: առոգանություն
roman: aṙoganutʻyun
lang: Asturian
word: acentu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ləhcə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şivə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: aksent
lang: Basque
word: azentu
lang: Belarusian
word: акцэ́нт
roman: akcént
lang: Belarusian
word: вымо́ва
roman: vymóva
lang: Bengali
word: ঝোঁক
roman: jhō̃k
lang: Bulgarian
word: акце́нт
roman: akcént
lang: Bulgarian
word: произноше́ние
roman: proiznošénie
lang: Bulgarian
word: и́зговор
roman: ízgovor
lang: Burmese
word: အသံထွက်
roman: a.samhtwak
lang: Catalan
word: accent
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 口音
roman: hau² jam¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 口音
roman: kǒuyīn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 方音
roman: fāngyīn
lang: Cornish
word: lesyeth
lang: Czech
word: přízvuk
lang: Danish
word: accent
lang: Dutch
word: accent
lang: Dutch
word: tongval
lang: Dutch
word: uitspraak
lang: Esperanto
word: akĉento
lang: Estonian
word: aktsent
lang: Finnish
word: korostus
lang: French
word: accent
lang: Galician
word: acento
lang: Georgian
word: აქცენტი
roman: akcenṭi
lang: German
word: Akzent
lang: Greek
word: προφορά
roman: proforá
lang: Hebrew
word: מִבְטָא
roman: mivtá
lang: Hindi
word: लहज़ा
roman: lahzā
lang: Hindi
word: लहजा
roman: lahjā
lang: Hindi
word: स्वरपात
roman: svarpāt
lang: Hungarian
word: akcentus
lang: Icelandic
word: hreimur
lang: Ido
word: acento
lang: Ido
word: achento
lang: Ilocano
word: bengngat
lang: Ilocano
word: ayug
lang: Indonesian
word: logat
lang: Irish
word: blas
lang: Italian
word: accento
lang: Italian
word: cadenza
lang: Italian
word: inflessione
lang: Italian
word: calata
lang: Japanese
word: なまり
roman: namari
lang: Japanese
word: 話し振り
roman: hanashiburi
lang: Japanese
word: アクセント
roman: akusento
lang: Kapampangan
word: puntu
lang: Kapampangan
word: gege
lang: Kazakh
word: акцент
roman: aksent
lang: Khmer
word: សំនៀង
roman: sɑmniəng
lang: Korean
word: 억양
roman: eogyang
lang: Korean
word: 말씨
roman: malssi
lang: Central Kurdish
word: شێوەزار
roman: şêwezar
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: devok
lang: Kyrgyz
word: акцент
roman: aktsent
lang: Lao
word: ສຳນຽງ
roman: sam nīang
lang: Latvian
word: akcents
lang: Lithuanian
word: akcentas
lang: Macedonian
word: нагласок
roman: naglasok
lang: Malay
word: loghat
lang: Malay
word: aksen
lang: Māori
word: mita
lang: Mongolian
word: аялга
roman: ajalga
lang: Nepali
word: लवज
roman: lawaj
lang: Norman
word: accent
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: aksent
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: uttale
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tonefall
lang: Old English
word: accent
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لَهْجِه
roman: lahje
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اَکْسِنْت
roman: aksent
lang: Polish
word: akcent
lang: Portuguese
word: sotaque
lang: Portuguese
word: acento
lang: Romanian
word: accent
lang: Russian
word: акце́нт
roman: akcént
lang: Russian
word: произноше́ние
roman: proiznošénije
lang: Russian
word: вы́говор
roman: výgovor
lang: Sardinian
word: atzentu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: а̀кцент
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: а̀кценат
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: àkcent
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: àkcenat
lang: Slovak
word: prízvuk
lang: Slovene
word: naglàs
lang: Spanish
word: acento
lang: Spanish
word: dejo
lang: Spanish
word: deje
lang: Spanish
word: tonillo
lang: Spanish
word: cantadito
lang: Spanish
word: cantito
lang: Swedish
word: accent
lang: Swedish
word: brytning
lang: Tagalog
word: punto
lang: Tajik
word: лаҳҷа
roman: lahja
lang: Tajik
word: аксент
roman: aksent
lang: Tamil
word: வழக்கு
roman: vaḻakku
lang: Tamil
word: வட்டார வழக்கு
roman: vaṭṭāra vaḻakku
lang: Tamil
word: பலுக்கல்
roman: palukkal
lang: Tamil
word: பேச்சு
roman: pēccu
lang: Telugu
word: యాస
roman: yāsa
lang: Thai
word: สำเนียง
roman: sǎm-niiang
lang: Tibetan
word: སྐད་གདངས
roman: skad gdangs
lang: Turkish
word: şive
lang: Turkish
word: aksan
lang: Turkish
word: lehçe
lang: Turkmen
word: aksent
lang: Ukrainian
word: акце́нт
roman: akcént
lang: Ukrainian
word: вимо́ва
roman: vymóva
lang: Urdu
word: لَہْجَہ
roman: lahja
lang: Uyghur
word: شىۋە
roman: shiwe
lang: Uzbek
word: aksent
lang: Uzbek
word: lahja
lang: Vietnamese
word: giọng
lang: Vietnamese
word: tiếng
lang: Vietnamese
word: khẩu âm
lang: Welsh
word: acen
lang: Yiddish
word: אַקצענט
roman: aktsent
lang: Bulgarian
word: акце́нт
roman: akcént
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 韻律重音 /韵律重音
roman: yùnlǜ zhòngyīn
lang: Dutch
word: accent
lang: Finnish
word: aksentti
lang: French
word: accent
lang: Italian
word: accento
lang: Latvian
word: akcents
lang: Macedonian
word: акцент
roman: akcent
lang: Norman
word: accent
lang: Polish
word: akcent
lang: Portuguese
word: acentuação
lang: Russian
word: акце́нт
roman: akcént
lang: Sardinian
word: atzentu
lang: Spanish
word: acento
lang: Finnish
word: pilkku
lang: Dutch
word: accent
lang: Dutch
word: accentteken
lang: Finnish
word: pilkku
lang: German
word: Akzent
lang: Macedonian
word: прим
roman: prim