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noun | verb accentaccent1 /ˈæksɛnt/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYaccent1Origin: 1500-1600 French Latin accentus, from ad- to + cantus song verbs► have an accent The man had a Spanish accent. ► speak with an accent She spoke with a strong accent that I couldn’t understand. ► pick up an accent (also acquire an accent formal) He acquired an Australian accent while living and working in Sydney. ► lose your accent (=no longer speak with an accent) After five years in London, Ricky had lost his American accent. ► put on an accent (=deliberately speak with a different accent from your usual one) I couldn’t tell if he was really French or just putting on an accent. ► imitate an accent Lynn does a good job of imitating Grete’s accent. adjectives/nouns + accent► a strong/thick/heavy/broad accent (=very noticeable) Natasha speaks with a thick Russian accent. ► a slight/faint accent He has a very slight Irish accent, which you hardly notice. ► a funny/strange accent The woman had a funny accent that I didn’t recognize. ► a foreign accent I got a call from a man with a foreign accent. ► a regional accent (=from a particular area of a country) TV newscasters generally do not have strong regional accents. ► a French/American etc. accent I noticed that he had a British accent. ► a southern/midwestern/New England etc. accent Rob is from Tennessee and has a southern accent. ► a Brooklyn/Boston etc. accent The woman had a Chicago accent. ► an upper-class/middle-class/working-class accent Sebastian spoke with an upper-class accent. THESAURUSenglish/french/arabic etc.► language a system of communication by written or spoken words which is used by the people of a particular country or area: How many languages do you speak? The Russian language has the reputation of being difficult to learn. ► dialect a form of a language that is spoken in one area, which is different from the way it is spoken in other areas: Cantonese is only one of many Chinese dialects. ► accent a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows the particular area or social class someone comes from: Sonya has a strong Southern accent. ► first language (also native language) formal the language you learn as a child from your parents: Her first language is Spanish, but she learned English as a teenager. ► vernacular formal the language that ordinary people in a country or area speak, especially when this is not the official language: In the 1600s, the French philosopher Descartes wrote in the local vernacular instead of Latin. 1the way someone pronounces the words of a language, showing which country or which part of a country he or she comes from → dialect: Vince has a New Jersey accent.with an accent Alex spoke Portuguese with a Brazilian accent.in an accent She called me “darlin” in a strong southern accent. I could detect the trace of a German accent in her careful English.► see thesaurus at language2an accent on something if there is an accent on a particular quality, idea, feeling, etc., that quality or feeling is emphasized: At Clover Bakery, the accent is on excellence.3eng. lang. arts the part of a word that you should emphasize when you say it: accent on His name isn’t Philip, it’s Philippe, with an accent on the second syllable. → see also stress14eng. lang. arts a written mark used above certain letters in some languages to show how to pronounce that letter, such as â or é [Origin: 1500–1600 French, Latin accentus, from ad- to + cantus song]COLLOCATIONSverbshave an accent The man had a Spanish accent.speak with an accent She spoke with a strong accent that I couldn’t understand.pick up an accent (also acquire an accent formal) He acquired an Australian accent while living and working in Sydney.lose your accent (=no longer speak with an accent) After five years in London, Ricky had lost his American accent.put on an accent (=deliberately speak with a different accent from your usual one) I couldn’t tell if he was really French or just putting on an accent.imitate an accent Lynn does a good job of imitating Grete’s accent.adjectives/nouns + accenta strong/thick/heavy/broad accent (=very noticeable) Natasha speaks with a thick Russian accent.a slight/faint accent He has a very slight Irish accent, which you hardly notice.a funny/strange accent The woman had a funny accent that I didn’t recognize.a foreign accent I got a call from a man with a foreign accent.a regional accent (=from a particular area of a country) TV newscasters generally do not have strong regional accents.a French/American etc. accent I noticed that he had a British accent.a southern/midwestern/New England etc. accent Rob is from Tennessee and has a southern accent.a Brooklyn/Boston etc. accent The woman had a Chicago accent.an upper-class/middle-class/working-class accent Sebastian spoke with an upper-class accent. noun | verb accentaccent2 /ˈæksɛnt, ækˈsɛnt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEaccent |
| Present | I, you, we, they | accent | | he, she, it | accents | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | accented | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have accented | | he, she, it | has accented | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had accented | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will accent | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have accented |
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| Present | I | am accenting | | he, she, it | is accenting | | you, we, they | are accenting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was accenting | | you, we, they | were accenting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been accenting | | he, she, it | has been accenting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been accenting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be accenting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been accenting |
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