Accent

//ˈak.sənt//

Synonyms for "accent" (230 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Related words (115)

measure merit meter metrical accent metrical foot metrical group metrical unit metrics metron metronomic mark molossus moment mora movement notation note numbers oral communication overaccentuate overemphasize

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Verb(2 words)

punctuate stress

Noun(1 words)

speech pattern

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

17 entries

articulate diacritic diacritical mark enounce enunciate evince express grandness importance inflection non-standard speech pronounce pronunciation prosody say show

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Synonyms

3 entries

dialect emphasis stress

Related terms

2 entries

circumflex diacritic

derived

28 entries

accent acute accent diamond accent mark accent tag accent wall accent-wise accentism accentless accentologist accentology accentor acute accent blaccent circumflex accent deaccent diamond accent

Showing 16 of 28 words.

has context

11 entries

engineering geometry language linguistics mathematics music orthography poetry prosody sign languages sociolinguistics

is a

3 entries

diacritical mark programming language pronunciation

related to

43 entries

articulation artistic character circumflex composition contrast degree dialect distinguish emphasis emphasize expressive feet gemstone inch jewellery

Showing 16 of 43 words.

Translations

546 translations across 90 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

aksent noun (music: special emphasis on a tone)
tongval noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Albanian

4 entries

shenjë diakritike noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
theks noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
theks noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
theksi noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

τόνος noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Arabic

4 entries

تَأْكِيد noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
تَرْكِيز noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
تَلَفُّظ noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
شَكْل noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Armenian

4 entries

ակցենտ noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
առոգանություն noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
շեշտ noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
շեշտ noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Asturian

4 entries

acentu noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
acentu noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
acentu noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
tilde noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

aksent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
aksent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
ləhcə noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
vurğu noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Bashkir

1 entries

баҫым noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Basque

1 entries

azentu noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Belarusian

4 entries

акцэ́нт noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
акцэ́нт noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
вымо́ва noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
дыякрыты́чны знак noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Bengali

1 entries

ঝোঁক noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Bulgarian

4 entries

акце́нт noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
акце́нт noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
акце́нт noun (music: special emphasis on a tone)
акце́нт noun (music: rhythmical accent)

Catalan

4 entries

accent noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
accent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
accent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
accent noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

شێوەزار noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

口音 noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

口音 noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
尖音符 noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
強勢 /强势 noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
強調音 /强调音 noun (music: rhythmical accent)

Cornish

1 entries

lesyeth noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Czech

4 entries

diakritické znaménko noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
diakritický znak noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
přízvuk noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
přízvuk noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Danish

4 entries

accent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
betoning noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
diakritisk tegn noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
tryk noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Dutch

4 entries

accent noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
accent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
accent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
accent noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Esperanto

4 entries

akcento noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
akcento noun (emphasis or importance in general)
akcento noun (music: special emphasis on a tone)
akĉento noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Estonian

4 entries

aktsent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
diakriitiline märk noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
rõhk noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
rõhumärk noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Faroese

1 entries

herðing noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Finnish

4 entries

aksentti noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
aksentti noun (word, significant tone or sound)
aksentti noun (music: special emphasis on a tone)
aksentti noun (music: rhythmical accent)

French

4 entries

accent noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
accent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
accent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
accent noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Galician

4 entries

acento noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
acento noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
acento noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
signo diacrítico noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Georgian

4 entries

აქცენტი noun (emphasis or importance in general)
აქცენტი noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
დიაკრიტიკული ნიშანი noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
მახვილი noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

German

4 entries

Akzent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
Akzent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
Akzent noun (math: mark to distinguish magnitudes of similar kind)
Akzent noun (mark to denote feet or inches)

Greek

4 entries

διακριτικό σημείο noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
προφορά noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
τονισμός noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
τόνος noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Hebrew

4 entries

דָּגֵשׁ noun (emphasis or importance in general)
טַעַם noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
טַעַם noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
מִבְטָא noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Hindi

4 entries

मात्रा noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
लहज़ा noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
लहजा noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
विशेषक चिह्न noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Hungarian

4 entries

akcentus noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
diakritikus jel noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
hangsúly noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
mellékjel noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Icelandic

4 entries

framburðartákn noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
hreimur noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
stafmerki noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
áhersla noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Ido

4 entries

acento noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
acento noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
achento noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
diakritiko noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Ilocano

2 entries

ayug noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
bengngat noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Indonesian

3 entries

aksen noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
logat noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
tekanan noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

نِشانِهٔ حَرِکَتگُذاری noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Irish

4 entries

aiceann noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
aiceann noun (music: recurring stress on a tone)
blas noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
béim ghutha noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Italian

4 entries

accento noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
accento noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
accento noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
accento noun (word, significant tone or sound)

Japanese

4 entries

なまり noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
アクセント noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
アクセント noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
アクセント noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Kapampangan

2 entries

gege noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
puntu noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Kazakh

3 entries

акцент noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
диакритикалық таңба noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
екпін noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Khmer

2 entries

តានា noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
សំនៀង noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Korean

4 entries

강세 noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
말씨 noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
발음 구별 기호 noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
발음 구별 부호 noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Kumyk

1 entries

ургъу noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

акцент noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
басым noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Lao

1 entries

ສຳນຽງ noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Latvian

4 entries

akcents noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
akcents noun (emphasis or importance in general)
akcents noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
akcents noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Ligurian

1 entries

acénto noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Lithuanian

3 entries

akcentas noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
diakritinis ženklas noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
kirtis noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Macedonian

4 entries

акцент noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
акцент noun (music: special emphasis on a tone)
акцент noun (music: rhythmical accent)
акцент noun (music: expressive emphasis of a passage)

Malay

4 entries

aksen noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
aksen noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
loghat noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
tekanan noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Mongolian

2 entries

аялга noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
өргөлт noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Māori

4 entries

mita noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
rīrā noun (music: recurring stress on a tone)
rīrā noun (music: special emphasis on a tone)
tohu whakahua noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Nepali

1 entries

लवज noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Norman

4 entries

accent noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
accent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
accent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
accent noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

devok noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Norwegian

1 entries

aksentuere verb (to emphasize)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

aksent noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
aksent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
aksent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
aksent noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Old English

2 entries

accent noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
accent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Persian

4 entries

آکسان noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
اکسنت noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
تأکید noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
لهجه noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Polish

4 entries

akcent noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
akcent noun (emphasis or importance in general)
akcent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
akcent noun (modulation of the voice in speaking)

Portuguese

4 entries

acento noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
acento noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
acento noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
acento noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Punjabi

2 entries

بَھتّ noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
بَھتّاں noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Romanian

4 entries

accent noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
accent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
accent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
diacritic noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Russian

4 entries

акце́нт noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
акце́нт noun (emphasis or importance in general)
акце́нт noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
акце́нт noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Sardinian

4 entries

atzentu noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
atzentu noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
atzentu noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
atzentu noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

beum noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dijakritički znak noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
náglasak noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
àkcenat noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
àkcenat noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Slovak

4 entries

diakritická značka noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
diakritické znamienko noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
prízvuk noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
prízvuk noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Slovene

4 entries

diakritični znak noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
diakritično znamenje noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
naglàs noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
naglàs noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Spanish

4 entries

accento noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
acento noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
acento noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)
acento noun (music: recurring stress on a tone)

Swedish

4 entries

accent noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
accent noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
accent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
betoning noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Tagalog

4 entries

diin noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
lundo noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
punto noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
tuldik noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Tajik

3 entries

аксент noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
зада noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
лаҳҷа noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Tamil

4 entries

அழுத்தம் noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
அழுத்தம் noun (emphasis or importance in general)
ஒலிப்பு noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
தொனி noun (modulation of the voice in speaking)

Tatar

1 entries

басым noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Telugu

2 entries

యాస noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
శైలి noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Thai

2 entries

สำเนียง noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
เครื่องหมายการออกเสียง noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྐད་གདངས noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Turkish

4 entries

aksan noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
tonlama noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
vurgu noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
şive noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Turkmen

1 entries

aksent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Ukrainian

4 entries

акце́нт noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
акце́нт noun (emphasis or importance in general)
акце́нт noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
акце́нт noun (music: special emphasis on a tone)

Urdu

4 entries

اِعْراب noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
حَرَکات noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
حَرَکَت noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
لَہْجَہ noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Uyghur

3 entries

ئۇرغۇ noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
ئۇرغۇ noun (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)
شىۋە noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Uzbek

2 entries

aksent noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
urgʻu noun (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Vietnamese

4 entries

dấu noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)
dấu phụ noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
giọng noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
khẩu âm noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Volapük

1 entries

kazetamal noun (orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Welsh

3 entries

acen noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
arwyddnod noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)
marc diacritig noun (orthography: any diacritical mark)

Yiddish

1 entries

אַקצענט noun (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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He is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent.

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Judging from his accent, he must be from Osaka.

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The man speaks English with a German accent.

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The accent of the word is on the second syllable.

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Accent

Synonyms for "accent" (230 found)

Closest matches (46)

Strong matches (69)

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Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Ilocano

Indonesian

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kapampangan

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kumyk

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latvian

Ligurian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Mongolian

Māori

Nepali

Norman

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian

Norwegian Bokmål

Old English

Persian

Polish

Portuguese

Punjabi

Romanian

Russian