Accent

"Accent" in Finnish

aksentti

(orthography: mark to indicate stress)

aksentti

(word, significant tone or sound)

aksentti

(music: special emphasis on a tone)

aksentti

(music: rhythmical accent)

aksentti

(music: expressive emphasis of a passage)

aksenttimerkki

(orthography: mark to indicate stress)

aksenttimerkki

(music: mark to represent specific stress on a note)

diakriittinen merkki

(orthography: any diacritical mark)

erityispiirre

(distinctive feature or quality)

ilmaisu

(expressions, speech)

isku

(music: recurring stress on a tone)

korostus

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

korostus

(emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition)

murre

(distinctive manner of producing a sign language)

paino

(higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

paino

(prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

painopiste

(emphasis or importance in general)

painotus

(higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

painotus

(modulation of the voice in speaking)

painotus

(prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

pilkku

(math: mark to distinguish magnitudes of similar kind)

pilkku

(geometry: mark indicating minutes and seconds of a degree)

pilkku

(mark to denote feet or inches)

puhe

(expressions, speech)

pääpaino

(emphasis or importance in general)

sävy

(modulation of the voice in speaking)

tarke

(orthography: any diacritical mark)

äänensävy

(modulation of the voice in speaking)

korostaa

(to emphasize)

painottaa

(to emphasize)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.