paroxytone

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Adjective

paroxytone (not comparable)

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

Translations

• Portuguese: paroxítona
• Spanish: grave

Noun

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

1. A paroxytone word.

Related terms

• barytone
• oxytone
• paroxytonesis
• proparoxytone

Translations

• French: paroxyton
• German: Paroxytonon
• Italian: parossitono
• Portuguese: paroxítono, paroxítona

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