Meaning of akcents | Babel Free

Definitions

1. accent, stress (pronunciation emphasis on a specific syllable)
   declension-1, masculine, singular, usually
2. accent, stress (emphasis on parts of a melody)
   declension-1, masculine, singular, usually
3. stress, emphasis, overtone (a strengthened element in a composition, article, speech, etc.)
   declension-1, masculine
4. accent (specifities in the pronunciation of an individual)
   declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“galvenais akcents un palīgakcents”

main stress and secondary (lit. auxiliary) stress

“latviešu valodā vispārināts pirmās zilbes akcents”

in the Latvian language, initial syllable stress has been generalized

“sākuma akcents”

initial accent

“ritmiskais, melodiskais akcents”

rhythmic, melodic accent

“stāstam ir problēma, idejisks akcents”

the story has a problem: an ideological overtone

“kinoteātros galvenais telpiskais akcents - zāles būvķermenis arhitektoniski dominē pār visu ēku”

the main spatial emphasis in cinemas: the body of the (projection) room dominates the whole building

“runāt ar latvsiku akcentu”

to speak with a Latvian accent

“runāt kādā valodā bez akcenta”

to speak a certain language without accent

“viņa runā varēja sadzirdēt akcentu”

his accent could be heard in his speech

““uz kurieni ved šis ceļš?” svešais jautāja, izrunādams vārdus ar mazliet savādu akcentu”

“where does this path lead?” the stranger asked, pronouncing the words with a bit of an unusual accent

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