Hindi meaning of accent
accent /noun/ उच्चारण; बलाघात; स्वर; स्वरचिहन; आघात; पदाघात;/verb/स्वरोच्चारण करना; स्वराघात; उच्चारण-चिह्न;
Synonym pronunciation; stress; voice; stroke; blow with the feet; accentuation;
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English Dictionary:
- A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon
some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from
the others.
- A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
- Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
- A word; a significant tone
- expressions in general; speech.
- Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
- 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''.
- A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
- A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches. - To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
- To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
- A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
- Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
- A word; a significant tone
- expressions in general; speech.
- Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
- 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''.
- A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
- A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches. - To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
- To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
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