Non-accent

[noun ak-sent; verb ak-sent, ak-sent] /noun ˈæk sɛnt; verb ˈæk sɛnt, ækˈsɛnt/

noun
1.
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
2.
degree of prominence of a syllable within a word and sometimes of a word within a phrase:
primary accent; secondary accent.
3.
a mark indicating stress (as (·, ·), or (ˈ, ˌ), or (′, ″)), vowel quality (as French grave `, acute ´, circumflex ^, ), form (as French la “the” versus là “there”), or pitch.
4.
any similar mark.
5.
Prosody.

6.
a musical tone or pattern of pitch inherent in a particular language either as a feature essential to the identification of a vowel or a syllable or to the general acoustic character of the language.
Compare (def 7).
7.
Often, accents.

8.
a mode of pronunciation, as pitch or tone, emphasis pattern, or intonation, characteristic of or peculiar to the speech of a particular person, group, or locality:
French accent; Southern accent.
Compare (def 5).
9.
such a mode of pronunciation recognized as being of foreign origin:
He still speaks with an accent.
10.
Music.

11.
Mathematics.

12.
words or tones expressive of some emotion.
13.
accents, words; language; speech:
He spoke in accents bold.
14.
distinctive character or tone:
an accent of whining complaint.
15.
special attention, stress, or emphasis:
an accent on accuracy.
16.
a detail that is emphasized by contrasting with its surroundings:
a room decorated in navy blue with two red vases as accents.
17.
a distinctive but subordinate pattern, motif, color, flavor, or the like:
The salad dressing had an accent of garlic.
verb (used with object)
18.
to pronounce with prominence (a syllable within a word or a word within a phrase): to accent the first syllable of “into”; to accent the first word of “White House.”.
Compare (def 12).
19.
to mark with a written accent or accents.
20.
to give emphasis or prominence to; .
noun (ˈæksənt)
1.
the characteristic mode of pronunciation of a person or group, esp one that betrays social or geographical origin
2.
the relative prominence of a spoken or sung syllable, esp with regard to stress or pitch Compare pitch1 (sense 28), stress (sense 3)
3.
a mark (such as ˈ , ˌ , ´ or `) used in writing to indicate the stress or prominence of a syllable. Such a mark may also be used to indicate that a written syllable is to be pronounced, esp when such pronunciation is not usual, as in turnèd
4.
any of various marks or symbols conventionally used in writing certain languages to indicate the quality of a vowel, or for some other purpose, such as differentiation of homographs See acute (sense 10), grave2 (sense 5), circumflex
5.
(in some languages, such as Chinese) any of the tones that have phonemic value in distinguishing one word from another Compare tone (sense 7)
6.
rhythmic stress in verse or prose
7.
(music)

8.
(maths) either of two superscript symbols indicating a specific unit, such as feet (′), inches (″), minutes of arc (′), or seconds of arc (″)
9.
a distinctive characteristic of anything, such as taste, pattern, style, etc
10.
particular attention or emphasis: an accent on learning
11.
a strongly contrasting detail: a blue rug with red accents
verb (transitive) (ækˈsɛnt)
12.
to mark with an accent in writing, speech, music, etc
13.
to lay particular emphasis or stress on
n.

late 14c., “particular mode of pronunciation,” from Middle French accent, from Old French acent (13c.), from Latin accentus “song added to speech,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + cantus “a singing,” past participle of canere “to sing” (see chant (v.)). Loan-translation of Greek prosoidia, from pros- “to” + oide “song,” which apparently described the pitch scheme in Greek verse. The decorating sense of “something that emphasizes or highlights” is from 1972.
v.

“to pronounce with accent or stress,” 1520s, from Middle French accenter, from Old French acenter, from accent (see accent (n.)). Related: Accented; accenting.