oxytone
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- oxyt. (abbreviation)
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxútonos).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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
TranslationsEdit
oxytone
NounEdit
oxytone (plural oxytones)
- (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
- Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone
TranslationsEdit
word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable