oxyton
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxútonos).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oxyton (feminine oxytone, masculine plural oxytons, feminine plural oxytones)
- oxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable)
- Coordinate terms: paroxyton, proparoxyton, périspomène, propérispomène, baryton
Further reading edit
- “oxyton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.