accent
n. countablen. the unique way people from a specific place or group pronounce words. It is the sound of your voice rather than the words you choose.
n. a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.
She has a strong French accent when she speaks English.
Even though he lived in London for twenty years, he never lost his thick Scottish accent.
Sociolinguists often study how a speaker's accent can shift depending on their audience, a phenomenon known as style-shifting that helps the individual fit into different social environments.
From Middle English accent, from Medieval Latin accentus and Old French accent, acent, both from Latin accentus, past participle of accinō (“sing to, sing along”). The word accent had been borrowed into Old English already, but was lost and reborrowed in Middle English.
From Middle French accenter, from Old French accenter, from Latin accentō, from accentus.
Commonly used with adjectives like 'strong', 'thick', 'slight', or 'broad'.
He speaks a different accent than me.He has a different accent than me.In English, you 'have' or 'speak with' an accent; you do not 'speak' an accent as if it were a language.