accent
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈæksɛnt/
:
acento
- Travis needs to work on his accent.
- foreign accent
- thick accent
- regional accent
It's not really a true Albanian accent, you know?
- It's not really a true Albanian accent, you know?
- Mario's Italian with the accent like off the boat.
- And David Venice and his classic British accent, said Salim.
- And how did you find it doing that accent, little Southern draw?
- And he said in an Irish accent, get down on, please.
- So I had to continue to use the accent and slowly phase it out.
- However, I cannot understand his accent whatsoever.
- And it's definitely a Boston, New England accent, but it's hard to pinpoint.
Examples
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I can't quite place your accent?
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Jesse also has a strong Southern accent, very different.
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And, you know, Old English and the Southern accent are actually pretty close.
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And how did you find it doing that accent, little Southern draw?
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The problem is not the language we speak nor the accent with which we speak it.
Academic text (2012) -
Would the person with the real Irish accent please step forward?
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Oh, my God, that is a terrible accent.
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However, I cannot understand his accent whatsoever.
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Between her heavy Russian accent and my heavy Southern accent, Rosina and I were often at an impasse.
Academic text (1996) -
Many people find the British accent to be charming and sophisticated.
Synonyms
48
2.5
The way someone says a word, often the correct way
Compounds
- Specialized
A mark of two acute accents placed above a vowel to show a long rounded sound in Hungarian
A mark placed above or below a letter to show which syllable is strong and how to say it
A way of speaking that puts extra stress on certain words or tones to make a point
- Specialized
The pattern of strong and weak syllables in a word with more than one syllable
How Strong
431
3.2
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Accent comes from Latin ad- 'to' + cantare 'to sing', forming accentus, which meant a tone or way of singing. So, an accent is like a person's 'tone' of speech and helps you hear where they come from.