paroxytone

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (paroxútonos, “paroxytone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/

Adjective

paroxytone (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.

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

Translations

paroxytone

• Finnish: paroksytoninen
• French: paroxyton (fr)
• Greek: παροξύτονος (el) (paroxýtonos)

  Ancient: παροξύτονος (paroxútonos)

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

Noun

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

1. (linguistics) A paroxytone word.

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

Translations

paroxytone

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