accent
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[edit] Etymology 1
From French accent, or from Latin accentus, formed from ad- + cantus "song".
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accent (plural accents)
- A higher or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
- 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.
- Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
- Beguiled you in a plain accent. - Shakespeare, King Lear, II-ii
- The tender accent of a woman's cry. - Prior
- A nonstandard way of pronouncing.
- The nonnative English speaker has an accent.
- A word; a significant tone or sound.
- (in plural) Expressions in general; speech.
- (prosody) 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) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
- (mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
- (geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in "12' 27''", meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
- (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in "6' 10''", meaning six feet ten inches.
- Paint, wallpaper, or similar coating that contrasts with the surroundings.
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a stronger articulation
a mark used in writing
modulation of the voice
stress on syllables of a verse
a recurring stress on a tone
an emphasis on a tone
the rhythmical accent
the expressive emphasis of a passage
a mathematical mark
a mark to denote feet or inches
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Old French accenter.
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to accent (third-person singular simple present accents, present participle accenting, simple past and past participle accented)
- (transitive) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
- (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate.
- (transitive) To mark with written accents.
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to express the accent of
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to emphasize
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to mark with written accents
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accent n. (plural accenten, diminutive accentje)
- accent (nonstandard way of pronouncing)
[edit] French
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accent m. (plural accents)
- Accent (one's manner of speaking)
- Accent (the symbol on a character)

