accentus

Meaning

1. (declension-4, masculine) a blast, signal
2. (declension-4, masculine) accent, tone, accentuation
3. (declension-4, figuratively, masculine) intensity, violence

Concepts

accent

stress

sound

🔉

emphasis

Synonyms

canor

🎶

Translations

Akzent

Ton

Betonung

accent

Hall

accento

Schall

🔉

Nachdruck

Klankfärbung

Taktschwerpunkt

son

🔉

Laut

Klang

🔉

insistance

klemtoon

Pronounced as (IPA)

[akˈkɛn.tʊs]

Etymology

From accinō (“sing to”), from ad- + canō (“sing”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).