accent

In prosody, a rhythmically significant stress on the syllables of a verse, usually at regular intervals. Though the term is often used interchangeably with stress, some prosodists use accent to mean the emphasis determined by normal language usage and stress to mean emphasis determined by metrical pattern.

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Accent may refer to:

Speech and language

• Accent (linguistics), pronunciation common to a certain language dialect
• Stress (linguistics), tone levels and emphasis used in many languages to provide information when using the language
• Stress (phonology) on a certain syllable
• A Diacritical mark is also known as an accent
• Fallacy of Accent, a Logical fallacy
• Accent (poetry) of a word.
• Accent (music), an emphasis placed on a particular note

Food

• A synonym for monosodium glutamate (MSG)
• Ac'cent, a brand name for an MSG product

Computers

• Accent programming language for computers.
• Accent kernel, an operating system kernel

Other

• Hyundai Accent, car produced by Hyundai Motor Company
• Accent Records, a record label.
• ACCENT Speaker's Bureau, a student-run organization at the University of Florida