paroxytone

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παροξύτονος (paroxútonos, “paroxytone”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, next to”) + ὀξύτονος (oxútonos, “oxytone”), from ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, acute”) + τόνος (tónos, “pitch, accent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/

Adjective

paroxytone (not comparable)

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

Translations

paroxytone

• Greek: παροξύτονος (el) (paroxýtonos)
• Hebrew: מִלְּעֵיל (he)
• Hungarian: paroxiton, másodéles
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• Polish: paroksytoniczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: paroxítona (pt) f
• Spanish: grave (es)

Noun

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

1. A paroxytone word.

Hypernyms

• barytone

Related terms

• barytone
• oxytone
• paroxytonesis
• proparoxytone

Translations

paroxytone

• Catalan: paroxítona (ca) f, paraula plana f
• French: paroxyton (fr)
• German: Paroxytonon (de) n
• Greek: παροξύτονος (el) (paroxýtonos)
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• Hebrew: מִלְּעֵיל (he) (mil’él)
• Italian: parossitono (it)
• Portuguese: paroxítono (pt) m, paroxítona (pt) f
• Spanish: palabra llana f