Betekenis van accent In het Nederlands

• 0 the way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group pronounce words:

  • He's got a strong southern/Boston accent.

  • She's French but she speaks with an impeccable English accent.

  • He speaks with a broad/heavy/strong/thick Yorkshire accent.

  • I thought I could detect a slight Canadian accent.

• 1 a mark written or printed over a letter to show you how to pronounce it:

  • a grave accent

  • There's an acute accent on the e of "café".

• 2 a special emphasis given to a particular syllable in a word, word in a sentence, or note in a set of musical notes:

  • The accent falls on the final syllable.

  • This season the accent is definitely on long, flowing, romantic clothes.

• 3 to emphasize something:

  • In any advertising campaign, you must accent the areas where your product is better than the competition.

  • specialized Accent the first note of every bar.

• 4 the way in which people in a particular area or country pronounce words:

  • She spoke with a slight southern accent.

• 5 a special emphasis given to a syllable in a word or to a word in a sentence:

  • In the word "government," the accent is on the first syllable.

• 6 to give special emphasis to a syllable in a word or to a word in a sentence:

  • In Spanish, you usually accent the next-to-last syllable.