oxítono

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξύτονος (oxútonos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.to.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.to.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.to.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈksi.tu.nu/

• Hyphenation: o‧xí‧to‧no

Adjective

Examples
avô, dominó, pontapé, olá, só

oxítono (feminine oxítona, masculine plural oxítonos, feminine plural oxítonas)

1. (linguistics, of a word) oxytone (stressed on the last syllable)

Related terms

• paroxítono
• proparoxítono

Spanish

Adjective

oxítono (feminine oxítona, masculine plural oxítonos, feminine plural oxítonas)

1. oxytone

   Synonym: agudo

Further reading

• “oxítono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10