accent

special importance or significance

“the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents”

to stress, single out as important

distinctive manner of oral expression

“he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent”

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

“he has a strong German accent”

a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

put stress on; utter with an accent

“In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word”