accent
A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
Other meanings
Emphasis or importance in general.
A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress.
Word history
From Latin "accentus".
Where this comes from
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