accent

Meaning

1. (masculine) accent, manner or tone of speech
2. (masculine) an accent symbol
3. (masculine) accent, stress
4. (masculine) strain, section
5. (masculine) emphasis, focus

Concepts

accent

stress

emphasis

accent mark

supersign

stress-mark

accentuation

focus

idiom

inflection

intonation

modulation

pronunciation

sound

🔉

vehemence

voice

speech pattern

accentuate

broad accent

circumflex

diacritic mark

dialect

Synonyms

insistance

emphase

signe diacritique

accentuation

dialecte

inflexion

intonation

modulation

prononciation

souligner

voix

patois

véhémence

dialectedomain:lang

accentuer

diacritique

dire

🗣️

idiotisme

Translations

accento

accent

acento

acento

Betonung

Akzent

accent

klemtoon

ênfase

énfasis

sotaque

nadruk

τόνος

acentuação

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ak.sɑ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: accent

Inherited from Old French: acent

In summary

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