sotaque

accent (the manner of speaking or pronouncing peculiar to a community)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/soˈta.ki/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: صَوْت

In summary

Unknown. Perhaps from dialectal Arabic *صَوْتَك (*ṣōtak, “your voice”), corresponding to standard صَوْتُكَ (ṣawtuka). According to the Houaiss Dictionary, first attested in the early 18th century.

Concepts

accent

pronunciation

accent mark

Synonyms

acento

Translations

accent

accento

accent

acento

Akzent

accent

uitspraak

akcent

tongval

ağız

aksan

نُطْق

şive

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