paroxytone

From Ancient Greek παροξύτονος (paroxútonos, “paroxytone”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, next to”) + ὀξύτονος (oxútonos, “oxytone”), from ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, acute”) + τόνος (tónos, “pitch, accent”).

IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/

paroxytone (not comparable)

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

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

1. A paroxytone word.

• barytone

• barytone
• oxytone
• paroxytonesis
• proparoxytone