different between oxytonic vs paroxytone

oxytonic

English

Alternative forms

  • oxyt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Formed as oxy- +? tonic after oxytone. Compare the earlier oxytonical.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??ks??t?n?k/
  • Rhymes: -?n?k
  • Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

oxytonic (not comparable)

  1. (prosody) Having a stress on the last syllable.

Synonyms

  • oxytonous

Derived terms

  • paroxytonic

Anagrams

  • oxytocin

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paroxytone

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ???????????? (paroxútonos, paroxytone).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /p????k.s??t??n/

Adjective

paroxytone (not comparable)

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

Translations

Noun

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

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

Translations

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