Paroxytone

Pronunciation

Origin

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

Full definition of paroxytone

Adjective

1. (of a word, especially an Ancient Greek word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.

Noun

1. A paroxytone word.

Hypernyms

• barytone

Related terms

• barytone
• oxytone
• paroxytonesis
• proparoxytone