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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English accent, from Middle French accent, from Old French acent, from Latin accentus, past participle of accin? (“sing to, sing along”). The word accent had been borrowed into Old English already, but was lost and reborrowed in Middle English.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?k?s?nt, IPA^(key): /?ak.s?nt/
• (US) enPR: ?k?s?nt, IPA^(key): /?æk.s?nt/

Noun

accent (countable and uncountable, plural accents)

1. (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.

2. (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.

3. (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

5. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear, II-ii

     I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which for my part I will not be, though I should win your displeasure to entreat me to 't.

   • 1696, Matthew Prior, "From Celia to Damon", in Poems on Several Occasions

     The tender Accent of a Woman's Cry / Will pass unheard, will unregarded die;
6. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

7. (linguistics, sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
   • 2015 December 3, [./http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-12-03/philadelphia-accent-sign-language There's a distinctly Philadelphia accent in American Sign Language]
8. A word; a significant tone or sound.
9. (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.

   • Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, / Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear.

10. (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
11. (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
12. (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
13. (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
14. (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

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15. (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
16. (mathematics) 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''.
17. (geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27'', meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
18. (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10'', meaning six feet ten inches.
19. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
20. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
21. A distinctive feature or quality.
22. (archaic) Utterance.

Usage notes

The word "accent" is often used specifically to refer to manners of speech that differ significantly from the local standard or one's personal speech.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• circumflex

References

• “Accent, sb.” on pages 50–51 of § 1 (A) of volume I (A–B, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray?, 1888) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
• “accent, n.” in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)

Etymology 2

From Middle French accenter, from Old French accenter, from Latin accent?, from accentus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?k-s?nt?, IPA^(key): /æk?s?nt/
• (US) enPR: ?k-s?nt?, ?k?s?nt, IPA^(key): /æk?s?nt/, /?æk.s?nt/

Verb

accent (third-person singular simple present accents, present participle accenting, simple past and past participle accented)

1. (transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
2. (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
3. (transitive) To mark with written accents.

Translations

References

• “Accent, v.” on page 51/3 of § 1 (A) of volume I (A–B, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray?, 1888) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
• “accent, v.” in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin accentus.

Noun

accent m (plural accents)

1. accent

Derived terms

• accent agut
• accent greu

Related terms

• accentuar

Further reading

• “accent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology 1

From French accentus, from Latin accentus, a calque of Ancient Greek ???????? (pros?idía, “prosody, accent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????s??]

Noun

accent c (singular definite accenten, plural indefinite accenter)

1. accent (a voice influenced by dialect or another language)
2. accent (a mark on a letter (like grave or acute))

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Latin accentus, a calque of Ancient Greek ???????? (pros?idía, “prosody, accent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????s?n?d?]

Noun

accent c (singular definite accenten, plural indefinite accenter)

1. (linguistics) accent (stress or a pitch in articulation)
2. accent (emphasis)
3. accent (a mark on a letter (like grave or acute))

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch accent, ultimately from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s?nt/
• Hyphenation: ac?cent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

accent n (plural accenten, diminutive accentje n)

1. (linguistics) accent (distinctive pronunciation of a language; phonetic and phonological aspects of a lect)
2. A notably deviant or disprivileged pronunciation of a language.
3. (linguistics) accent (contrasting articulation to express emphasis)
4. (orthography) accent (symbol to indicate spoken accent or the nature of a vowel)

   Synonym: accentteken

5. (music) accent (stress or emphasis)
6. (music) A mark that indicates musical accent.

   Synonym: accentteken

Derived terms

• accentteken

Related terms

• accentueren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: aksent
• ? Indonesian: aksen

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) 

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.s??/

Noun

accent m (plural accents)

1. accent, manner or tone of speech
2. (linguistics) an accent symbol
3. (linguistics) accent, stress
4. (music) strain, section

Derived terms

• accent aigu
• accent circonflexe
• accent grave
• mettre l'accent sur

Descendants

• ? Norwegian Bokmål: accent
• ? Turkish: aksan

Further reading

• “accent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French acent, from Latin accentus, from ad + cantus (“song”).

Noun

accent m (plural accents)

1. (linguistics) accent, stress

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French accent (“accent, manner or tone of speech”), from Middle French accent, from Old French acent, from Latin accentus (“accent, tone, accentuation”), past participle of accin? (“sing to, sing along”), from ad- +? can? (“sing”), a calque of Ancient Greek ???????? (pros?idía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from ???? (prós, “to”) + ??? (?id?, “song”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak?sa?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Hyphenation: ac?cent
• Homophone: aksent

Noun

accent

1. Alternative spelling of aksent (“accent”)
2. Only used in accent aigu (“acute accent”)
3. Only used in accent circonflexe (“circumflex”)
4. Only used in accent grave (“grave accent”)

References

• “accent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.kent/

Noun

accent m

1. (phonology) accent

Declension

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) , “accent”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “accent”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Romanian

Etymology

From French accent

Noun

accent n (plural accente)

1. emphasis
2. accent

Declension

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a(k)?s?nt/

Noun

accent (plural accents)

1. accent

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak??s?n?t/, /ak??sa??/

Noun

accent c

1. an accent, an emphasis, a stress (in articulation)
2. an accent, a mark on a letter (grave or acute)
3. an accent, a voice influenced by dialect or another language

Declension

English

Etymology

French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?di?te?l/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?dite?l/, (also) /d??te?l/
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /d??te?l/, /?di?te?l/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /d??te?l/, /?dite?l/
• Rhymes: -i?te?l, -e?l
• Hyphenation: de?tail

Noun

detail (countable and uncountable, plural details)

1. (countable) Something small enough to escape casual notice.

2. (uncountable) A profusion of details.

3. (uncountable) The small things that can escape casual notice.
4. Something considered trivial enough to ignore.

5. (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.

6. (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
7. An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
8. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
9. (paintings) a selected portion of a painting

Synonyms

• (something considered trivial enough to ignore): minutia, technicality, trifle, triviality
• (personal information): particulars
• (military: temporary unit): contingent, detachment
• (paintings): portion, section

Derived terms

• in detail
• detail-oriented
• security detail

Translations

See also

• deets
• overview
• bird's-eye view
• big picture

Verb

detail (third-person singular simple present details, present participle detailing, simple past and past participle detailed)

1. (transitive) To explain in detail.
   • 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:

     It is a sunny morning in Amman and the three uniformed judges in Jordan’s state security court are briskly working their way through a pile of slim grey folders on the bench before them. Each details the charges against 25 or so defendants accused of supporting the fighters of the Islamic State (Isis), now rampaging across Syria and Iraq under their sinister black banners and sending nervous jitters across the Arab world.

2. (transitive) To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /?di?te?l/)

3. (transitive, military) to assign to a particular task

Synonyms

• (to explain in detail): specify
• (military: to assign to a particular task): detach

Derived terms

• detailing

Translations

Anagrams

• atelid, dietal, dilate, laited, tailed

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

detail m

1. detail

Declension

Synonyms

• podrobnost f

Related terms

• detailní

Further reading

• detail in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• detail in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French détail, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de??t?i?/
• Hyphenation: de?tail
• Rhymes: -?i?

Noun

detail n (plural details, diminutive detailtje n)

1. detail

Derived terms

• detailhandel
• detaillist

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: detail

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch detail, from French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ta?l/
• Hyphenation: dê?ta?il

Noun

dêtail (first-person possessive detailku, second-person possessive detailmu, third-person possessive detailnya)

1. detail.

Alternative forms

• detil

Derived terms

Further reading

• “detail” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.