ACCENT


Meaning of ACCENT in English

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

ˆ circumflex

¨ diaeresis/umlaut

0060; grave

02C7; há 010D; ek

¯ macron

˜ tilde

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