different between paroxytone vs oxytone

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

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Noun

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

1. (linguistics) A paroxytone word.

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

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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

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Further reading

• oxytone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia