oxytone

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxŭ́tonos).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒksɪˌtəʊn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) enPR: ŏk'sĭtōn", IPA(key): /ˈɑksɪˌtoʊn/

Adjective

oxytone (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
    Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, preproparoxytone

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Noun

oxytone (plural oxytones or oxytona)

  1. (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
    Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, prototonic, preproparoxytone

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