accent
noun
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
accentless
-
a word derived from
accent.
Example Sentences
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The real-life Ayala “was pretty much raised in Chicago” and “speaks accentless English,” while his on-screen counterpart speaks with a thicker accent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
Linguistic researchers like us suggest the answer is complicated — no one becomes truly "accentless," but accents can and do change over time.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2023
Born in Beijing, Chen, who speaks accentless English, attended Berkeley and Wharton, but then turned down a job at Amazon to come back home, believing that China’s tech scene offered more opportunity than Silicon Valley.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2018
Sang now sports a graying ponytail and accentless Mandarin, but keeps a string of Buddhist prayer beads wrapped around his wrist.
From Reuters ● May 20, 2010
The Salarkian who loomed above him spoke accentless, idiomatic Basic Space which came strangely from between his yellow lips.
From Star Hunter by Andre Norton
