French dictionary

accent/ak.sɑ̃/

noun · A2 · Frequency 3003

nounmasculine

accent or manner of speech; accent symbol; stress in pronunciation
Covers linguistic meanings related to pronunciation.
emphasis, focus
Refers to special attention or importance given to something.

Son accent belge permet de reconnaitre immediatement sa region d'origine.
His Belgian accent makes it possible to recognize his home region immediately.
Le professeur a corrige l'accent sur la derniere syllabe du mot.
The teacher corrected the accent on the word's final syllable.
Dans ce mot, l'accent porte sur la deuxieme syllabe.
In this word, the stress falls on the second syllable.
La directrice a donne un accent particulier a la formation des nouveaux employes.
The manager placed particular emphasis on training new employees.

Il a un acsent étranger.
Il a un accent étranger.
The spelling of accent contains c, not s; write accent.

accent or manner of speech; accent symbol; stress in pronunciation
Covers linguistic meanings related to pronunciation.
emphasis, focus
Refers to special attention or importance given to something.

Les accents de cette région sont faciles à reconnaître.
The accents of this region are easy to recognize.
N'oublie pas les accents sur les voyelles de ce mot.
Do not forget the accents on the vowels in this word.
Les accents toniques changent parfois d'une langue à l'autre.
Stress patterns sometimes change from one language to another.