n. 25B6; noun
a Scottish accent : PRONUNCIATION, intonation, enunciation, articulation, inflection, tone, modulation, cadence, timbre, manner of speaking, delivery; brogue, burr, drawl, twang.
the accent is on the first syllable : STRESS, emphasis, accentuation, force, prominence; beat; technical ictus.
the accent is on comfort : EMPHASIS, stress, priority; importance, prominence.
an acute accent : MARK, diacritic, diacritical mark. See list.
25B6; verb fabrics which accent the background colours in the room : FOCUS ATTENTION ON, draw attention to, point up, underline, underscore, accentuate, highlight, spotlight, foreground, feature, play up, bring to the fore, heighten, stress, emphasize.
Accents and Diacritical Marks
´ acute
02D8; breve
¸ cedilla
circumflex
¨ diaeresis/umlaut
0060; grave
02C7; há 010D; ek
¯ macron
tilde