paroxytone
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (paroxútonos, “paroxytone”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
paroxytone (not comparable)
- (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
- Coordinate terms: oxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone
Translations edit
paroxytone
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Noun edit
paroxytone (plural paroxytones)
- (linguistics) A paroxytone word.
- Coordinate terms: oxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone
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paroxytone
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