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21ACCENT — s. m. T. de Gram. Élévation ou abaissement de la voix sur certaines syllabes, modification de la voix dans la durée ou dans le ton des syllabes et des mots. Accent grammatical ou prosodique, Celui dont la grammaire, dont la prosodie fixe les… …
22accent — accentless, adj. accentuable /ak sen chooh euh beuhl/, adj. n. /ak sent/; v. /ak sent, ak sent /, n. 1. prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these. 2. degree of prominence of a …
23ACCENT — n. m. T. de Grammaire élévation de la voix sur une syllabe, dans un mot, Modification de la voix dans la durée ou dans le ton des syllabes et des mots. Mettre l’accent sur un mot que l’on veut faire valoir. Accent grammatical ou prosodique, Celui …
24accent — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad (esp. BrE), heavy, marked, pronounced, strong, thick ▪ She had a pronounced Southern accent. ▪ …
25accent — n. pronunciation 1) to affect, assume, imitate, put on; cultivate an accent 2) to speak with an accent 3) to get rid of an accent 4) a foreign; heavy, noticeable. pronounced, strong, thick; slight accent stress 5) to place, put the accent on (to… …
26accent — I UK [ˈæks(ə)nt] / US [ˈækˌsent] noun Word forms accent : singular accent plural accents ** 1) [countable] a way of saying words that shows what country, region, or social class someone comes from an upper class British accent Tom hasn t lost his …
27accent — ac|cent1 [ˈæksənt US ˈæksent] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin accentus, from ad to + cantus song ] 1.) the way someone pronounces the words of a language, showing which country or which part of a country they come from →↑dialect ▪ He… …
28accent — noun /ˈæksɛnt / (say aksent) 1. the distinctive character of a vowel or syllable determined by its degree or pattern of stress or musical tone. 2. any one of the degrees or patterns of stress used in a particular language as essential features of …
29accent — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent mark, accents, accentuate, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, arsis, articulation, bacchius, bar, beat, belabor, broad accent, brogue, burr, cadence, caesura,… …
30accent — ac|cent1 [ æk,sent ] noun ** 1. ) count a way of saying words that shows what country, region, or social class someone comes from: a Brooklyn accent a strong accent: Tom hasn t lost his strong Irish accent. put on an accent: The kids all put on a …
