акцэнт

Belarusian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [akˈt͡sɛnt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Hyphenation: ак‧цэнт

Noun

акцэ́нт • (akcéntm inan (genitive акцэ́нту, nominative plural акцэ́нты, genitive plural акцэ́нтаў, relational adjective акцэ́нтны)

  1. (linguistics) stress
  2. (linguistics, orthography) stress mark
  3. accent (a peculiar pronunciation characteristic of those who speak a foreign language)
  4. accent (pronunciation distinctiveness in a particular local speech or language)

Declension

Derived terms

verbs
  • акцэнтава́ць impf or pf (akcentavácʹ)

References

  • акцэнт”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • акцэнт” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org