accentaccentaccentsaccentedaccentingnoun1the way a person from a certain place or country speaks a language: She speaks English with an American accent.2saying one word or part of a word more strongly than another: In the word ‘because’, the accent is on the second part of the word.3(in writing) a mark, usually above a letter, that changes the sound of the letter: Fiancé has an accent on the ‘e’.