different between proparoxytone vs oxytone

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p????ks?t??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?o?p????ks?to?n/
• Hyphenation: pro?pa?rox?y?tone

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

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Noun

proparoxytone (plural proparoxytones)

1. (linguistics) A proparoxytone word.

   Coordinate terms: oxytone, paroxytone, 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