transcription, транскрипция: [ æks(ə)nt ]
( accents)
1.
Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
He had developed a slight American accent.
N-COUNT
2.
An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced.
N-COUNT
3.
If you put the accent on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance.
He is putting the accent on military readiness...
= emphasis
N-SING : oft N on n