oxytone

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxútonos).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

oxytone (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
    Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

oxytone (plural oxytones)

  1. (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
    Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone

TranslationsEdit

Further readingEdit