paroxytone

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (paroxútonos, paroxytone).

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/

AdjectiveEdit

paroxytone (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
    Coordinate terms: oxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone

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NounEdit

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

  1. (linguistics) A paroxytone word.
    Coordinate terms: oxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone

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