accent

accent (a voice influenced by dialect or another language)

accent (a mark on a letter (like grave or acute))

head

accent c (singular definite accenten, plural indefinite accenter)

accenten (definite singular)
accenter (indefinite plural)
accent (indefinite nominative singular)
accenten (definite nominative singular)
accenter (indefinite nominative plural)
accenterne (definite nominative plural)
accents (genitive indefinite singular)
accentens (definite genitive singular)
accenters (genitive indefinite plural)
accenternes (definite genitive plural)

From French accent, from Latin accentus, a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “prosody, accent”).


accent

(linguistics) accent (stress or a pitch in articulation)

[ɑɡ̊ˈsɛnˀd̥]

From Latin accentus, a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “prosody, accent”).


accent

(linguistics) accent (distinctive pronunciation of a language; phonetic and phonological aspects of a lect)

a notably deviant or disprivileged pronunciation of a language

(linguistics) accent (contrasting articulation to express emphasis)

(orthography) accent (symbol to indicate spoken accent or the nature of a vowel)

(music) a mark that indicates musical accent

nl-noun

accent n (plural accenten, diminutive accentje n)

accenten (plural)
accentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aksent

→ Indonesian: aksen

→ Papiamentu: aksènt

From Middle Dutch accent, ultimately from Latin accentus.


accent

In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.

(linguistics) 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.

At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.

(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.

The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.

(orthography) 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.

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.

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

The tender Accent of a Woman's Cry / Will pass unheard, will unregarded die;

1696, Matthew Prior, “From Celia to Damon”, in Poems on Several Occasions:

And he repeated her words with such assurance of accent, such boastful pretence of amazement, that she could not help replying with quickness …

1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 15:

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!"

1981 December 27, Rudy Kikel, “Still Angry, After All These Years”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 10:

Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.

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.

2015 November 14, Adam Gopnik, quoting Célia, “Terror Strikes in Paris”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 2022-12-19:

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.

2016 June 8, Tyler Mears, “I used to hide my Valleys accent in case people thought I was less intelligent - which was completely stupid”, in WalesOnline, archived from the original on 2023-01-10:

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.

2018 January 24, Lakshine Sathiyanathan, Lisa Xing, quoting Mariya Miloshevych, “Why some people try to chip away at their accent”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2022-12-09:

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?

2020 December 30, Christi Carras, quoting Rishi Maharaj, “'Schitt's Creek' star Rizwan Manji defends his character's Indian accent”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 2022-12-09:

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.

2022 March 22, Elise Hu, Jinae West, Jordana Hochman, Andrea Gutierrez, “Rejecting assimilation in 'You Sound Like a White Girl'”, in NPR, archived from the original on 2022-12-09:

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) 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.

(informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.

I believe I still retain some of my hearing accent when I use American Sign Language.

2008, Jeremy Linn Brunson, The Practice and Organization of Sign Language, page 76:

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.

2015 November 5, Nina Porzucki, The World, archived from the original on 2022-12-07:

(sign languages) 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 foreign accent

a broad Irish accent

a hint of a German accent

I heard my landlady's accents attuned to nervous civility, mingling with the mellow tones of a deep masculine voice,

1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 20:

Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, / Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear.

1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 3”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

(usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.

(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.

(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

accent color

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.

en-noun

accent (countable and uncountable, plural accents)

tongval

distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.

aksenttimerkki

music: mark to represent specific stress on a note

акце́нт

math: mark to distinguish magnitudes of similar kind

pilkku

geometry: mark indicating minutes and seconds of a degree

korostus

emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition

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”). The word accent had been borrowed into Old English already, but was lost and reborrowed in Middle English.


accent

(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.

(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.

(transitive) To mark with written accents.

en-verb

accent (third-person singular simple present accents, present participle accenting, simple past and past participle accented)

accents (present singular third-person)
accenting (participle present)
accented (participle past)
accented (past)

From Middle French accenter, from Old French accenter, from Latin accentō, from accentus.


accent

Elle parle anglais avec un fort accent français.

She speaks English with a strong French accent.

Aux États-Unis, son accent français ne manque jamais d’attirer l’attention des femmes.

In the United States, his French accent never fails to attract women's attention.

L’accent est mis sur les quantités plutôt que sur les qualités.

Emphasis is placed on the quantities rather than the qualities.

→ Norwegian Bokmål: accent

→ Turkish: aksan

Inherited from Middle French accent, from Old French acent, accent, borrowed from Latin accentus (“accent, tone, accentuation”).


accent

From Old French acent, from Latin accentus, from ad + cantus (“song”).


accent

Alternative spelling of aksent (“accent”)

accent aigu
accent aigu#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in accent aigu (“acute accent”)

accent circonflexe
accent circonflexe#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in accent circonflexe (“circumflex”)

accent grave
accent grave#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in accent grave (“grave accent”)

From French accent (“accent, manner or tone of speech”), from Middle French accent, from Old French acent, from Latin accentus (“accent, tone, accentuation”), past participle of accinō (“sing to, sing along”), from both ad- (“to”), from ad (“to, towards”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”) + and from canō (“I sing, recite, play”), from Proto-Italic *kanō (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).


accent

accent (nominative singular)
accentas (nominative plural)
accent (accusative singular)
accentas (accusative plural)
accentes (genitive singular)
accenta (genitive plural)
accente (dative singular)
accentum (dative plural)


accent

accento (nominative singular)
accento (nominative plural)
accentā (nominative plural)
accentaṃ (accusative singular)
accento (accusative plural)
accente (accusative plural)
accetā (instrumental singular)
accentena (instrumental singular)
accentehi (instrumental plural)
accentebhi (instrumental plural)
acceto (dative singular)
accentassa (dative singular)
accetaṃ (dative plural)
accentānaṃ (dative plural)
accetā (ablative singular)
accentasmā (ablative singular)
accentamhā (ablative singular)
accentā (ablative singular)
accentehi (ablative plural)
accentebhi (ablative plural)
acceto (genitive singular)
accentassa (genitive singular)
accetaṃ (genitive plural)
accentānaṃ (genitive plural)
acceti (locative singular)
accentasmiṃ (locative singular)
accentamhi (locative singular)
accente (locative singular)
accentesu (locative plural)
accenta (singular vocative)
accento (plural vocative)
accentā (plural vocative)
accentī (nominative singular)
accentiyo (nominative plural)
accentī (nominative plural)
accentiṃ (accusative singular)
accentiyaṃ (accusative singular)
accentiyo (accusative plural)
accentī (accusative plural)
accentiyā (instrumental singular)
accentīhi (instrumental plural)
accentībhi (instrumental plural)
accentiyā (dative singular)
accentīnaṃ (dative plural)
accentiyā (ablative singular)
accentīhi (ablative plural)
accentībhi (ablative plural)
accentiyā (genitive singular)
accentīnaṃ (genitive plural)
accentiyā (locative singular)
accentiyaṃ (locative singular)
accentīsu (locative plural)
accenti (singular vocative)
accentiyo (plural vocative)
accentī (plural vocative)
accentaṃ (nominative singular)
accenti (nominative plural)
accentāni (nominative plural)
accentaṃ (accusative singular)
accenti (accusative plural)
accentāni (accusative plural)
accetā (instrumental singular)
accentena (instrumental singular)
accentehi (instrumental plural)
accentebhi (instrumental plural)
acceto (dative singular)
accentassa (dative singular)
accetaṃ (dative plural)
accentānaṃ (dative plural)
accetā (ablative singular)
accentasmā (ablative singular)
accentamhā (ablative singular)
accentā (ablative singular)
accentehi (ablative plural)
accentebhi (ablative plural)
acceto (genitive singular)
accentassa (genitive singular)
accetaṃ (genitive plural)
accentānaṃ (genitive plural)
acceti (locative singular)
accentasmiṃ (locative singular)
accentamhi (locative singular)
accente (locative singular)
accentesu (locative plural)
accenta (singular vocative)
accenti (plural vocative)
accentāni (plural vocative)


accent

accente (plural)
accent (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un accent (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
accentul (accusative definite nominative singular)
accente (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște accente (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
accentele (accusative definite nominative plural)
accent (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui accent (dative genitive indefinite singular)
accentului (dative definite genitive singular)
accente (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor accente (dative genitive indefinite plural)
accentelor (dative definite genitive plural)
accentule (singular vocative)
accentelor (plural vocative)


accent

an accent, an emphasis, a stress (in articulation)

an accent, a mark on a letter (grave or acute)

an accent, a voice influenced by dialect or another language

accent (indefinite nominative singular)
accenten (definite nominative singular)
accenter (indefinite nominative plural)
accenterna (definite nominative plural)
accents (genitive indefinite singular)
accentens (definite genitive singular)
accenters (genitive indefinite plural)
accenternas (definite genitive plural)