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accent noun

  /-sənt/ , /-sɛnt/ , /ˈak.sənt/ , /ˈæk.sɛnt/ , /ˈɛk.sent/
  • (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.
 blas, aiceann
  • (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
 aiceann
béim ghutha

accent verb

  /ækˈsɛnt/ , /ˈæk.sɛnt/
  • (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
 aiceannaigh
acute accent
agúid, síneadh fada
grave accent
graif
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