properispomenon

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπερισπώμενον (properispṓmenon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəʊpɛɹɪˈspɒmənɒn/
• Hyphenation: prop‧er‧is‧po‧me‧non

Adjective

properispomenon (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a word) In Greek grammar, having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.

   Coordinate terms: perispomenon, oxytone, paroxytone, proparoxytone, barytone

2. (rare) A linguistic unit marked by a particular accentual or tonal pattern in which prominence falls just before the final syllable.

Synonyms

• properispomenal

Translations

having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable

• Finnish: properispomenon
• French: propérispomène (fr)
• Italian: properispomeno

Noun

properispomenon (plural properispomenons or properispomena)

1. (linguistics) A word having such an accent.

   Coordinate terms: perispomenon, oxytone, paroxytone, proparoxytone, barytone

Translations

a word having a properispomenon accent

• Italian: properispomena f

See also

• properispome

References

• ‘properispo·menon’ s.v. “Properispome, a. and sb.” on page 1,470/3 of volume VII (O–P, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)