oxyton
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxútonos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
oxyton (feminine oxytone, masculine plural oxytons, feminine plural oxytones)
- oxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable)
- Coordinate terms: paroxyton, proparoxyton, périspomène, propérispomène, baryton
Further reading[edit]
- “oxyton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.