oxytone

English

Alternative forms

• oxyt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxútonos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒksɪˌtəʊn/
• (US) enPR: ŏk'sĭtōn", IPA^(key): /ˈɑksɪˌtoʊn/

Adjective

oxytone (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

Translations

oxytone

• French: ^{(please verify)} oxyton (fr) m
• German: oxyton, oxytonisch
• Greek: οξύτονος (el) (oxýtonos)

  Ancient: ὀξύτονος (oxútonos)

• Hebrew: מִלְּרַע‎ (he)
• Hungarian: oxiton, végéles
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} oxytonus
• Portuguese: oxítono (pt)
• Spanish: oxítono (es) m

Noun

oxytone (plural oxytones)

1. (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

Translations

word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

• German: Oxytonum n, Oxytonon (de) n
• Greek: οξύτονος (el) (oxýtonos)
• Italian: ossitona f

• Portuguese: oxítona (pt) f
• Spanish: palabra aguda f, oxítona (es) f

Related terms

• barytone
• paroxytone
• proparoxytone

Further reading

• oxytone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia