Finnish-English translations for aksentti

• accent
  In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.
  At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.
  The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.
• stress
  Go easy on him, hes been under a lot of stress lately.
  Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
  “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.

Related words

• aksenttimerkki