pronounce with accent
1accent — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle French accenter, from accent intonation, from Latin accentus, from ad + cantus song more at chant Date: 1530 1. a. to pronounce with accent ; stress b. to mark with a written or printed accent 2 …
2accent — {{11}}accent (n.) late 14c., particular mode of pronunciation, from M.Fr. accent, from O.Fr. acent (13c.), from L. accentus song added to speech, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + cantus a singing, pp. of canere to sing (see CHANT (Cf …
3accent — I. n. 1. Intonation, cadence, tone, modulation of voice. 2. Stress (on a certain syllable), ictus, cadence, tone, beat. II. v. a. Accentuate, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent, put the ictus on …
4accent — accentless, adj. accentuable /ak sen chooh euh beuhl/, adj. n. /ak sent/; v. /ak sent, ak sent /, n. 1. prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these. 2. degree of prominence of a …
5accent — ac•cent n. [[t]ˈæk sɛnt[/t]] v. [[t]also ækˈsɛnt[/t]] n. 1) phn prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, pitch, length, or a combination of these 2) phn degree of prominence of a syllable within a word or of a word within a… …
6accent — n. & v. n. 1 a particular mode of pronunciation, esp. one associated with a particular region or group (Liverpool accent; German accent; upper class accent). 2 prominence given to a syllable by stress or pitch. 3 a mark on a letter or word to… …
7accent*/ — [ˈæks(ə)nt] noun I 1) [C] a way of pronouncing words that shows what country, region, or social class you come from an upper class British accent[/ex] Tom hasn t lost his broad Irish accent.[/ex] 2) [C] a mark above a letter that shows how you… …
8accent — I UK [ˈæks(ə)nt] / US [ˈækˌsent] noun Word forms accent : singular accent plural accents ** 1) [countable] a way of saying words that shows what country, region, or social class someone comes from an upper class British accent Tom hasn t lost his …
9Accent reduction — Accent reduction, also known as accent modification, is a systematic approach used to learn or adopt a new accent. It is the process of learning the sound system (or phonology) of a language or dialect. The methodology involves several steps,… …
10accent — [ak′sent΄; ] chiefly Brit [, ak′sənt; ] for v. [, ak′sent΄, ak sent′] n. [Fr < L accentus < ad , to + cantus, pp. of canere, to sing: a L rendering of Gr prosōidia (see PROSODY), orig. referring to the pitch scheme of Gr verse] 1. the… …
