How many syllables in accent?

There are 2 syllables in the word accent.

Divide accent into syllables:

accent (noun):: the stress thus given a syllable; distinctive manner of oral expression.; an effort in speech to stress one syllable over adjacent syllables; the distinctive style of pronunciation of a person or group from a particular area, country, or social background

accent mark

accentuation

articulation

brogue

dialect

diction

elocution

emphasis

enunciation

focus

idiom

inflection

intonation

modulation

pronunciation

speech pattern

stress

tone

weight

de-emphasis

ignorance

inaction

unimportance

weakness

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