accent

Etymology 1
From, from and , , both from , past participle of. The word had been borrowed into Old English already, but was lost and reborrowed in Middle English.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  Emphasis or importance in general.
 * 3)  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.
 * 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)  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.
 * 6)  A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
 * 7)  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.
 * 8) A word; a significant tone or sound.
 * 9)  Expressions in general; speech.
 * 10)  Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
 * 11)  A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
 * 12)  A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
 * 13)  A mark used to represent this special emphasis.Notation accents.png
 * 14)  The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
 * 15)  A prime symbol.
 * 16) Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
 * 17) A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
 * 18)  Utterance.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2) A word; a significant tone or sound.
 * 3)  Expressions in general; speech.
 * 4)  Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
 * 5)  A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
 * 6)  A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
 * 7)  A mark used to represent this special emphasis.Notation accents.png
 * 8)  The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
 * 9)  A prime symbol.
 * 10) Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
 * 11) A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
 * 12)  Utterance.
 * 1)  Expressions in general; speech.
 * 2)  Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
 * 3)  A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
 * 4)  A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
 * 5)  A mark used to represent this special emphasis.Notation accents.png
 * 6)  The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
 * 7)  A prime symbol.
 * 8) Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
 * 9) A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
 * 10)  Utterance.
 * 1) A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
 * 2)  Utterance.

Usage notes
The word "accent" is often used specifically to refer to manners of speech that differ significantly from the local standard or one's personal speech.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نَبْر, تَأْكِيد, تَرْكِيز
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: баҫым
 * Belarusian: на́ціск, акцэ́нт
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: betoning, tryk
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akcento
 * Estonian: rõhk
 * Faroese: herðing
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მახვილი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: τόνος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: áhersla
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: aiceann, béim ghutha
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 強音,, , , 重き
 * Kazakh: екпін
 * Khmer: តានា
 * Korean: 강세(強勢), ,
 * Kumyk: ургъу
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: akcents, uzsvars
 * Lithuanian: kirtis
 * Macedonian: нагласок
 * Malay: aksen,
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: өргөлт
 * Norman: accent
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , betoning
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: atzentu
 * Scottish Gaelic: beum
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̀кцент, а̀кценат, на́гласак
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: lundo
 * Tajik:
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: на́голос,
 * Uyghur: ئۇرغۇ
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: (重音)


 * Belarusian: на́ціск
 * Esperanto: akcento
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: აქცენტი
 * Hebrew:
 * Latvian: uzsvars, akcents
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: на́голос,


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: عَلَامَة نَبْر
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: aksent, vurğu işarəsi
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 尖音符
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: diakrita signo, diakritilo
 * Estonian: rõhumärk
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, Akzentzeichen
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Ligurian: acénto
 * Macedonian: акцент
 * Maori: tohu whakahua kupu, tohu whakahua
 * Norman: accent
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: آکسان
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: знак ударе́ния,
 * Sardinian: atzentu
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: на́голос
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Polish:


 * Afrikaans: tongval
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, لُكْنَة, تَلَفُّظ, نُطْق
 * Hijazi Arabic: لَهْجَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, , aksent
 * Basque: azentu
 * Belarusian: акцэ́нт, вымо́ва
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 口音
 * Dungan:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აქცენტი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: लहज़ा, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ,
 * Ilocano: bengngat, ayug
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: blas
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:, 話し振り,
 * Kapampangan: puntu, gege
 * Kazakh: акцент
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 말씨
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: شێوەزار
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: акцент
 * Lao: ສຳນຽງ
 * Latvian: akcents
 * Lithuanian: akcentas
 * Macedonian: нагласок
 * Malay:
 * Maltese:
 * Maori: mita
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Nepali: लवज
 * Norman: accent
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, ,
 * Old English: accent
 * Persian:, اکسنت
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sardinian: atzentu
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̀кцент, а̀кценат
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: лаҳҷа, аксент
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: སྐད་གདངས
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: لَہْجَہ
 * Uyghur: شىۋە
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:,  , khẩu âm
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: אַקצענט


 * Finnish:
 * Polish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Arabic: نَبْر
 * Belarusian: на́ціск
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 強音
 * Latvian: akcents
 * Macedonian: нагласок
 * Norman: accent
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: atzentu
 * Spanish:
 * Uyghur: ئۇرغۇ
 * Vietnamese: (重音)


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: aiceann
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: akcents
 * Maori: rīrā
 * Norman: accent
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: atzentu
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: aksent
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: akcents
 * Macedonian: акцент
 * Maori: rīrā
 * Norman: accent
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: atzentu
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: akcents
 * Macedonian: акцент
 * Norman: accent
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: atzentu


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: akcents
 * Macedonian: акцент
 * Norman: accent
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: atzentu
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Macedonian: прим


 * Finnish:
 * Latvian: akcents
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:


 * Finnish: erityispiirre


 * Dutch:
 * Interlingua:
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Verb

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

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, акцентирам
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akcenti
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: aiceannaigh
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: akcentēt, uzsvērt
 * Macedonian: нагла́сува
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, zaakcentować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene: poudariti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, наголошувати, підкреслювати

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  stress
 * 2)  tone, sound
 * 1)  tone, sound

Related terms

 * accentuar

Etymology 1
From, from , a calque of.

Etymology 2
From, a.

Etymology
From, ultimately from.

Noun

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

Etymology
, from, , borrowed from.

Noun

 * , manner or tone of speech
 * 1)  an  symbol
 * , stress
 * 1)  strain, section
 * 2) emphasis, focus
 * , stress
 * 1)  strain, section
 * 2) emphasis, focus

Etymology
From, from , from +.

Noun

 * , stress

Etymology
From, from , from , from , past participle of , from both , from , from , from + and from , from , from.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) diacritic
 * 1) diacritic

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) emphasis

Noun

 * 1) accent

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) an, 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