oxytone

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈɒksɪˌtəʊn/
• (America) enPR: ŏk'sĭtōn", IPA: /ˈɑksɪˌtoʊn/

Adjective

oxytone (not comparable)

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

Translations

• French: oxyton
• German: oxyton, oxytonisch
• Portuguese: oxítono
• Spanish: oxítono

Noun

oxytone (plural oxytones)

1. (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

Translations

• German: Oxytonum, Oxytonon
• Italian: ossitona
• Portuguese: oxítona
• Spanish: palabra aguda, oxítona

Related terms

• barytone
• paroxytone
• proparoxytone

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