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Accent may refer to:

Speech and language

• Accent (sociolinguistics), way of pronunciation particular to a speaker or group of speakers
• Accent (phonetics), prominence given to a particular syllable in a word, or a word in a phrase
  • Pitch accent, prominence signaled primarily by pitch
• Accent (poetry), placement of prominent syllables in scansion
• Diacritic, a mark added above, on top of, or below a letter
• Fallacy of accent, a logical fallacy related to reification

Music

• Accent (music), an emphasis placed on a note
• The Accents, American doo-wop group
• Ecclesiastical accent, the simplest style of plainchant

Computers

• Accent (programming language), an interpreted programming language
• Accent kernel, an operating system kernel

Other uses

• Aeros Accent, a paraglider
• Hyundai Accent, car produced by Hyundai Motor Company
• Accent lighting, light focused on a particular area or object
• Accent Records, a record label
• ACCENT Speakers Bureau, a student-run organization at the University of Florida
• Ac'cent, brand name for monosodium glutamate (MSG)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Accent
• All pages with titles containing Accent
• Accenture, company
• Accentor, a bird species
• Accentor-class minesweeper, ship
• Ascent (disambiguation)