Paroxytone Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Adjective
    • 1.2.1 Translations
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Hypernyms
    • 1.3.2 Related terms
    • 1.3.3 Translations

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παροξύτονος (paroksutonos, “paroxytone”), from παρά (para, “beyond, next to”) + ὀξύτονος (oksutonos, “oxytone”), from ὀξύς (oksus, “sharp, acute”) + τόνος (tonos, “pitch, accent”).

Adjective

paroxytone (not comparable)

1. (of a word, especially an Ancient Greek word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.

Noun

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

1. A paroxytone word.

Hypernyms

• barytone

Related terms

• barytone
• oxytone
• proparoxytone

Translations

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