Proparoxytone

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /prəʊpəˈrÉ’ksɪtəʊn/

Origin

From Ancient Greek προπαροξύτονος.

Full definition of proparoxytone

Adjective

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

Noun

1. a proparoxytone word

Hypernyms

• barytone

Related terms

• barytone
• oxytone
• paroxytone