accent

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for accent

accent 🔊 /ʌksɛˈnt or æˈksɛˌnt/

accent : දේශීය උච්චාරණ විධිය

accent : හජනගා කියනවා

accent : ප්‍රාසය

accent : ස්වරණය

accent : බර කොට දක්වනවා

accent : උදාත්තය

accent : බර කරනවා

accent : අවධාරණය

accent : ස්වරාඝාතය

accent : උච්චාරණ ලකුණ

accent : උච්චාරණ විධිය

accent : උද්දීපනය

accent : බර කොට කියනවා

accent definition

Noun.

  1. A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
  2. A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; Especially.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
  3. Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
  4. A word; a significant tone
  5. expressions in general; speech.
  6. Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
  7. A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
  8. A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
  9. The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
  10. The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
  11. A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
  12. A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
  13. A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.

Transitive verb.

  1. To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
  2. To mark emphatically; to emphasize.