paroxytone
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editparoxytone (not comparable)
- (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
- Coordinate terms: oxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, preproparoxytone
Translations
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Noun
editparoxytone (plural paroxytones)
- (linguistics) A paroxytone word.
- Coordinate terms: oxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, preproparoxytone
Translations
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