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accent

/ˈaksɛnt/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈaksɛnt/
accent
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
Ending
Clear final sound

ac - cent -> accent

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဖိရွတ်သံ။ ဖိသံ။ သံပြောင်းပြ သင်္ကေတ။ ဝဲသံ။ အလေးပေးမှု။ (v) ဝဲသံပါသည်။ သံပြောင်းပြ သင်္ကေတပြသည်။ ထင်းစေသည်။ ထင်ရှား ပေါ်လွင်စေသည်။

Full entry

accent / 'æksent, -sǝnt / n

၁။ [C] ဖိရွတ်သံ။ ဖိသံ။ In the word 'today' the accent is on the second syllable.
၂။ [C] သံပြောင်းပြသင်္ကေတ။ 'cafe' has an accent on the 'e'.
၃။ [C,U] ဝဲသံ။ လေ။ an American accent. Compare DIALECT
၄။ [C, usu sing , U] အလေးပေးမှု။ In all our products the accent is on quality.
v
၁။ ဝဲသံပါသည်။ His English was slow and heavily accented.
၂။ သံပြောင်းပြ သင်္ကေတပြသည်။
၃။ ထင်းစေသည်။ ထင်ရှားပေါ်လွင်စေသည်။ eyes accented by make-up.

More examples
  • An upper-class British accent
  • Tom hasn’t lost his broad Irish accent.
  • [put on an accent] : The kids all put on a phoney American accent.
  • There’s an acute accent on the first ‘e’.
  • The accent is on the first syllable.
  • [accent on] : At the hotel, the accent is on luxury.
Synonyms
pronunciation, inflection, intonation, tone of voice, enunciation, drawl, twang, brogue, burr, accentuate, accentuation, articulation, beat, cadence, draw attention to, emphasis, emphasize, force, give prominence to, give weight to, heighten, highlight, importance, intensify, meter, modulation, place emphasis, prominence, put stress on, put the accent on, rhythm, significance, stress, stroke, timbre, tonality, tone, underline, underscore, weight
Antonyms
disacknowledge, minimize, triviality, unimportance
Cross references
pronunciationinflectionintonationtone of voiceenunciationdrawltwangbrogueburraccentuateaccentuationarticulationbeatcadencedraw attention toemphasisemphasizeforcegive prominence togive weight toheightenhighlightimportanceintensifymetermodulationplace emphasisprominence
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