paroxyton
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek παροξῠ́τονος (paroxútonos, “paroxytone”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editparoxyton (feminine paroxytone, masculine plural paroxytons, feminine plural paroxytones)
- paroxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the penultimate syllable)
- Coordinate terms: oxyton, proparoxyton, périspomène, propérispomène
Further reading
edit- “paroxyton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.