paroxytone

English - Turkish

Definition of paroxytone in English Turkish dictionary

Related Terms

oxytone

son hecesinde kuvvetli vurgusu olan

oxytone

son hecesi vurgulu kelime

English - English

Definition of paroxytone in English English dictionary

Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable

A paroxytone word

pertaining to a word in any language, originally in ancient Greek, with the stress (or an acute accent) on the penultimate syllable

proparoxytone

word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable

A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable

oxytone

Hyphenation

par·o·xy·tone

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek παροξύτονος (paroksutonos, “paroxytone”), from παρά (para, “beyond, next to”) + ὀξύτονος (oksutonos, “oxytone”), from ὀξύς (oksus, “sharp, acute”) + τόνος (tonos, “pitch, accent”).