accent : Idioms & Phrases

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accent mark

  • noun a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
    accent.
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acute accent

  • noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    acute; ague.
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Grave accent

  • noun a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    grave.
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  • . (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.
Webster 1913

Masoretic points and accents

  • the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.
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pitch accent

  • noun emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
    pitch accent.
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Rhythmical accent

  • . (Mus.) See Accent, n., 6 (c).
Webster 1913

Secondary accent

  • . See the Note under Accent, n., 1.
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tonic accent

  • noun emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
    pitch accent.
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word accent

  • noun the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
    word stress.
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