Masculine

accent

  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

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ak.sɑ̃/
Etymology

In summary

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

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