proparoxytone

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

proparoxytone (not comparable)

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

Translations

Noun

proparoxytone (plural proparoxytones)

  1. (linguistics) A proparoxytone word.
    Coordinate terms: oxytone, paroxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, preproparoxytone

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