重音, 口音, 重音符
英英解釋:名詞accent:1. distinctive manner of oral expression
同義詞：speech pattern
2. special importance or significance
同義詞：emphasis
3. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
同義詞：dialect, idiom
4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
同義詞：stress, emphasis
5. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
同義詞：accent mark
動詞accent:
1. to stress, single out as important
同義詞：stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accentuate
2. put stress on; utter with an accent
同義詞：stress, accentuate
字根詞源
cant/chant/cent=to sing 唱歌來源於拉丁文canere，“to sing”。法語裡表示“歌曲”的詞是Chanson，義大利語中“歌曲”是Canzone，都有這個字根的影子。英語中chant指“歌曲，聖歌”。en-放入+chant歌曲->enchant放入歌曲，產生出用歌曲包圍的浪漫氛圍->使迷惑，是心醉。ac-加強意義+cent歌唱->accent重音，口音。院子古代詩篇中的音高安排，進而得來“起強調或者重突出作用的東西”，引申得來“重音，口音”的含義。
