accent
noun
• a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class.
• "a strong American accent"
Similar:
pronunciation,
intonation,
enunciation,
elocution,
articulation,
inflection,
tone,
modulation,
cadence,
timbre,
utterance,
manner of speaking,
speech pattern,
speech,
diction,
delivery,
brogue,
burr,
drawl,
twang,
orthoepy,
• a distinct emphasis given to a syllable or word in speech by stress or pitch.
• "the accent falls on the middle syllable"
Similar:
stress,
emphasis,
accentuation,
force,
prominence,
primary stress,
secondary stress,
beat,
rhythm,
pulse,
tone,
ictus,
• a special or particular emphasis.
• "the accent is on participation"
accent
verb
• emphasize (a particular feature).
• "fabrics which accent the background colours in the room"
Similar:
focus attention on,
bring/call/draw attention to,
point up,
underline,
underscore,
accentuate,
highlight,
spotlight,
foreground,
feature,
give prominence to,
make more prominent,
make more noticeable,
play up,
bring to the fore,
heighten,
stress,
weight,
emphasize,
put/lay emphasis on,
Opposite:
mask,
divert attention from,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘intonation’): from Latin accentus ‘tone, signal, or intensity’ (from ad- ‘to’ + cantus ‘song’), translating Greek prosōidia ‘a song sung to music, intonation’.
