paroxytone
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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
Translations[edit]
paroxytone
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