accent meaning
EN
[ˈæk.sənt] [ˈæk.sɛnt] [ækˈsɛnt] WAccent
- Accent may refer to:
FR accent 
- NounPLaccentsSUF-ent
- (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
- In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.
- (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
- At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.
- (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
- The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.
- Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
- (linguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
- a foreign accent; an American, British or Australian accent
- A word; a significant tone or sound.
- (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
- (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
- (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
- (mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
- (geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27'', meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
- (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10'', meaning six feet ten inches.
- Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
- A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
- A distinctive feature or quality.
- (archaic) Utterance.
- (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
- VerbSGaccentsPRaccentingPT, PPaccented
- (transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
- (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
- (transitive) To mark with written accents.
- (transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
- No, he [Picard] was French but his accent confuses anybody who doesn't know him… Or maybe in the Trekverse, France is a part of the United Kingdom...
- "But I vill be back," he said with an Arnold Schwartzenegger accent. Then his accent changed to Frankenstein. "After I recharge my battery in your light la-bor-atory.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- ‘That lecturer sure is a pain in the ass, man,’ said Keith, in a contrived, mid-Atlantic accent.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of accent in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Pluralia tantum
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Nouns
- fr accent
- en accents
- fr accents
- en accentuated
- en accented
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "accent" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a pluralia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.