Definition of Accent

Noun

• a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
  - accent mark
• the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
  "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
  stress emphasis
• the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
  "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"
  "he has a strong German accent"
  "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
  dialect idiom
• special importance or significance
  "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
  "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
  emphasis
• distinctive manner of oral expression
  "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"
  "she had a very clear speech pattern"
  - speech pattern

Verb

• put stress on
  utter with an accent
  "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
  stress accentuate
• to stress, single out as important
  "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
  stress emphasize emphasise punctuate accentuate

Word games points for the Accent

• Scrabble® score of the accent (10)
• Word Chums® score of the accent (17)
• Words With Friends® score of the accent (13)

Unscramble accent

42 unscramble word found using the letters accent.

accent, ace, acne, act, ae, an, ance, ane, ant, ante, at, ate, can, cane, cant, cat, cate, ceca, cent, ea, ean, eat, en, enact, et, eta, etna, na, nae, nat, ne, neat, net, ta, tace, tae, tan, tane, te, tea, tec, ten,