Definitions
put stress on; utter with an accent
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English accent, from Medieval Latin accentus and Old French accent, acent, both from Latin accentus, past participle of accinō (“sing to, sing along”), from ad- + canō (“to sing”). The word accent had been borrowed into Old English already, but was lost and reborrowed in Middle English.
Used in a sentence
“In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.”
“At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.”
“The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Regional speech pattern”6 letters
02“Speech sound or emphasis”6 letters
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