oxytone
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- oxyt. (abbreviation)
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxútonos).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oxytone (not comparable)
- (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
- Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone
Translations edit
oxytone
Noun edit
oxytone (plural oxytones)
- (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
- Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, prototonic
Translations edit
word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable