different between barytone vs oxytone

English

Alternative forms

• (linguistics): baritone

Etymology

From Latin barytonos, from Ancient Greek ????????? (barútonos, “not oxytone”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ??t??n/

Homophone: baritone

Adjective

barytone (comparative more barytone, superlative most barytone)

1. (linguistics) Not having an accent on the last syllable.
2. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
3. Archaic form of baritone.

Hyponyms

• paroxytone
• proparoxytone

Related terms

• oxytone
• paroxytone
• proparoxytone

Translations

Noun

barytone (plural barytones)

1. (linguistics) A word that is not accented on the ultimate syllable.
2. (linguistics) A word that is accented on the penultimate syllable.
3. Archaic form of baritone.

Anagrams

• botryane

Interlingua

Adjective

barytone (comparative plus barytone, superlative le plus barytone)

1. baritone

Related terms

• barytono (noun)

English

Alternative forms

• oxyt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ????????? (oxútonos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ks??t??n/
• (US) enPR: ?k's?t?n", IPA^(key): /??ks??to?n/

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

Translations

Noun

oxytone (plural oxytones)

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

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

Translations

Further reading

• oxytone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia