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English [ ]
Etymology 1 [ ]
From French accent , or from Latin accentus , formed from ad- + cantus "song".
Pronunciation [ ]
Noun [ ]
Singular
Accent
Plural {{{1}}}
Accent ({{{1}}})
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 .
Template: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'' .
Template: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.
Template: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.
Derived terms [ ]
accentmark
acute accent
grave accent
primary accent
secondary accent
tonic accent
Translations [ ]
a stronger articulation
Arabic: نبر ar (ar) (nabr) m.
Bulgarian: ударение bg (bg)
Dutch: accent nl (nl) n. , klemtoon nl (nl) m.
Finnish: painotus fi (fi) , korostus fi (fi)
French: accent fr (fr) m.
German: Betonung de (de) f.
Italian: accento it (it) m.
Japanese: アクセント ja (ja) (akusento)
Macedonian : нагласок mk (mk) (náglasok) m.
Norwegian: aksent m. , trykk n. , betoning m.
Portuguese: acento pt (pt) m. , tonicidade pt (pt) m.
Russian: ударение ru (ru) (udarénije) n.
Serbian: naglasak sr (sr) m.
Slovene: naglas sl (sl) m.
Spanish: acento es (es) m.
Swedish: accent, betoning
Turkish: vurgu tr (tr)
a mark used in writing
Arabic: علامة نبر ar (ar) (3alaamat nabr) f.
Bulgarian: ударение bg (bg)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尖音符 cmn (cmn) (jiānyīnfú)
Dutch: accent nl (nl) n. , klemtoon nl (nl) m.
Finnish: aksenttimerkki fi (fi) , aksentti fi (fi)
French: accent fr (fr) m.
Italian: accento it (it) m.
Japanese: アクセント ja (ja) (akusento)
Macedonian : акцент mk (mk) (akcént) m.
Norwegian: aksent no (no) m.
Portuguese: acento pt (pt) m.
Russian: знак ударения ru (ru) (znak udarénija) m.
Spanish: acento es (es) m.
Swedish: accent sv (sv)
Telugu : శైలి (Saili)
modulation of the voice
Arabic: لكنة ar (ar) (lúkna) f. , تلفظ ar (ar) (taláffuZ) m. , نطق ar (ar) (nuTq) m.
Bulgarian: акцент bg (bg) , произношение bg (bg)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 口音 cmn (cmn) (kǒuyin), 方音 cmn (cmn) (fāngyīn)
Czech: přízvuk cs (cs) m.
Dutch: accent n. , tongval m. , uitspraak f.
Finnish: korostus fi (fi) , painotus fi (fi) , äänensävy fi (fi) , sävy fi (fi)
French: accent fr (fr) m.
German: Akzent de (de) m.
Hebrew: מבטא he (he) (mivtá) m.
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: accento it (it) m.
Japanese: なまり ja (ja) (namari), 話し振り ja (ja) (hanashiburi)
Macedonian : нагласок mk (mk) (náglasok) m.
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: aksent m. , uttale m. , tonefall n.
Persian: مد fa (fa)
Portuguese: sotaque pt (pt) m.
Russian: акцент ru (ru) (akcént) m.
Slovene: naglas sl (sl) m.
Swedish: accent sv (sv) , brytning sv (sv)
Telugu : యాస (yaasa)
Turkish: aksan tr (tr) , şive tr (tr) , ağız tr (tr)
Urdu: please add this translation if you can
a word
German: Betonung de (de) f.
expressions
Bulgarian: произношение bg (bg)
Finnish: puhe fi (fi) , ilmaisu fi (fi)
stress on syllables of a verse
Arabic: نبر ar (ar) (nabr) m.
Chinese:
Mandarin: 重音 cmn (cmn) (zhòngyīn), 腔調 cmn (cmn) , 腔調 cmn (cmn) (qiāngdiào)
Dutch: accent nl (nl) n.
Finnish: paino fi (fi) , painotus fi (fi)
French: accent fr (fr) m.
German: Betonung de (de) f.
Italian: accento it (it) m.
Japanese: 強調 ja (ja) (きょうちょう, kyōchō), 強音 ja (ja) (きょうおん, kyōon)
Macedonian : нагласок mk (mk) (náglasok) m.
Norwegian: aksent no (no) m.
Polish: akcent pl (pl) m.
Portuguese: acento pt (pt) m.
Russian: ударение ru (ru) (udarénije) n.
a recurring stress on a tone
Dutch: accent nl (nl) n.
Finnish: isku fi (fi)
French: accent fr (fr) m.
German: Betonung de (de) f.
Italian: accento it (it) m.
Norwegian: aksent m. , trykk n.
Polish: akcent pl (pl) m.
an emphasis on a tone
Bulgarian: акцент bg (bg)
Dutch: accent nl (nl) n.
French: accent fr (fr) m.
German: Betonung de (de) f.
Italian: accento it (it) m.
Macedonian : акцент mk (mk) (akcént) m.
Norwegian: aksent no (no) m.
Polish: akcent pl (pl) m.
the rhythmical accent
Bulgarian: акцент bg (bg)
Dutch: accent nl (nl) n.
French: accent fr (fr) m.
Italian: accento it (it) m.
Macedonian : акцент mk (mk) m.
Norwegian: aksent m. , trykk n.
the expressive emphasis of a passage
Bulgarian: акцент bg (bg)
Dutch: accent nl (nl) n.
French: accent fr (fr) m.
a mathematical mark
Bulgarian: акцент bg (bg)
Dutch: accent n. , accentteken n.
Finnish: pilkku fi (fi)
German: Akzent de (de) m.
Italian: accento it (it) m.
Norwegian: aksent no (no) m. , merke no (no) n.
Portuguese: linha pt (pt) f.
a mark to denote feet or inches
Dutch: accent n. , accentteken n.
German: Akzent de (de) m.
a coating that contrasts with the surroundings
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations .
Interlingua : accento
Romanian : accent
Spanish : acento (2 and other), tilde (2)
See also [ ]
Etymology 2 [ ]
From Old French accenter .
Pronunciation [ ]
Verb [ ]
Infinitive
to Accent
Third person singular
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Simple past
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Past participle
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Present participle
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to Accent (third-person singular simple present - , present participle - , simple past and past participle - )
( 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.
Translations [ ]
to express the accent of
Bulgarian: поставям ударение bg (bg)
Catalan : accentuar ca (ca)
Dutch: accentueren nl (nl) , beklemtonen nl (nl)
Finnish: korostaa fi (fi) , painottaa fi (fi) , sävyttää fi (fi)
French: accentuer fr (fr)
Macedonian : нагласува mk (mk) (naglásuva), акцентира mk (mk) (akcentíra)
Norwegian: aksentuere no (no)
Slovene: naglasiti sl (sl)
Turkish: vurgulamak tr (tr)
to emphasize
Bulgarian: подчертавам bg (bg) , акцентирам bg (bg)
Catalan : accentuar ca (ca)
Dutch: accentueren , beklemtonen
Finnish: korostaa fi (fi) , painottaa fi (fi)
French: accentuer fr (fr)
Macedonian : нагласува mk (mk) (naglásuva)
Norwegian: aksentuere
Slovene: poudariti sl (sl)
Swedish: accentuera sv (sv) , betona sv (sv)
Turkish: vurgulamak tr (tr)
to mark with written accents
Catalan : accentuar ca (ca)
Dutch: beklemtonen nl (nl)
Finnish: merkitä aksentit
French: accentuer fr (fr)
Macedonian : акцентира mk (mk) (akcentíra)
Norwegian: aksentuere
Danish [ ]
Etymology [ ]
From Latin accentus .
Pronunciation [ ]
Noun [ ]
Accent c. (singular definite Accenten , plural indefinite Accenter )
accent (a nonstandard way of pronouncing, a mark used in writing, a stronger articulation)
Inflection [ ]
Inflection of Accent
common gender
Singular
Plural
indefinite
definite
indefinite
definite
nominative , dative and accusative
Accent
Accenten
Accenter
Accenterne
genitive
Accents
Accentens
Accenters
Accenternes
Dutch [ ]
Pronunciation [ ]
Noun [ ]
Accent n. (plural accenten , diminutive accentje , diminutive plural accentjes )
accent (nonstandard way of pronouncing)
French [ ]
Pronunciation [ ]
Noun [ ]
Accent m. (plural Accents )
Accent (one's manner of speaking)
Accent (the symbol on a character)
Derived terms [ ]
am:accent
ar:accent
be:accent
ca:accent
da:accent
de:accent
et:accent
el:accent
fa:accent
fr:accent
gl:accent
ko:accent
io:accent
id:accent
it:accent
kn:accent
lt:accent
li:accent
hu:accent
ml:accent
nl:accent
ja:accent
no:accent
pl:accent
pt:accent
ru:accent
simple:accent
fi:accent
sv:accent
ta:accent
te:accent
th:accent
tr:accent
uk:accent
vi:accent
wo:accent
zh:accent