proparoxytone
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (proparoxútonos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/
- Hyphenation: pro‧pa‧rox‧y‧tone
Adjective edit
proparoxytone (not comparable)
- (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
- Coordinate terms: oxytone, paroxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone
Translations edit
proparoxytone
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Noun edit
proparoxytone (plural proparoxytones)
- (linguistics) A proparoxytone word.
- Coordinate terms: oxytone, paroxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone
Translations edit
a proparoxytone word
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