Italian Meaning of accent
accento
Other Italian words related to accento
Nearest Words of accent
- accensor => accendino
- accension => Ascensione
- accendible => infiammabile
- accendibility => accessibilità
- accend => accendere
- accelerometer => accelerometro
- accelerograph => accelerografo
- acceleratory => acceleratorio
- accelerator pedal => Pedale dell'acceleratore
- accelerator factor => Fattore acceleratore
Definitions and Meaning of accent in English
accent (n)
distinctive manner of oral expression
special importance or significance
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
accent (v)
to stress, single out as important
put stress on; utter with an accent
accent (n.)
A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
A word; a significant tone
expressions in general; speech.
Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
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''.
A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.
accent (v. t.)
To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
FAQs About the word accent
accento
distinctive manner of oral expression, special importance or significance, the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people, the rel
Accento,accentazione,Messa a fuoco,stress,peso,attenzione,concentrazione,conseguenza,considerazione,importazione
de-enfasi,ignorare,indifferenza,minimizzazione,attenuazione
accensor => accendino, accension => Ascensione, accendible => infiammabile, accendibility => accessibilità, accend => accendere,
