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