Swedish Meaning of accent

accent

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Definitions and Meaning of accent in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

accent (v)

to stress, single out as important

put stress on; utter with an accent

Webster

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.

Webster

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

accent

distinctive manner of oral expression, special importance or significance, the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people, the rel

Betoning,accentuering,Fokus,stress,vikt,uppmärksamhet,koncentration,konsekvens,övervägande,import

de-betoning,disregard,likgiltighet,minimering,underbetoning

accensor => tändare, accension => Kristi himmelsfärd, accendible => antändlig, accendibility => tillgänglighet, accend => tända,