- Look up
oxytone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In linguistics, an
oxytone (/ˈɒksɪtoʊn/; from the
Ancient Gr****: ὀξύτονος, oxýtonos, 'sharp-sounding'[citation...
- mora of the word, as in ποταμός potamós 'river' (such
words are
called oxytone). But in a few words, such as παρθένος parthénos 'maiden', the
accent comes...
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antepenultimate (third-to-last) syllable) and
oxytone (stress on the penultimate/last syllable).
Barytone Oxytone Penult Perispomenon Proparoxytone Properispomenon...
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Related concepts are
paroxytone (stress on the
penultimate syllable) and
oxytone (stress on the last syllable). In English, most
nouns of
three or more...
- such as
Welsh and Polish,
stress is
always on the penult.
Acute accent Oxytone Paroxytone Proparoxytone Ultima (linguistics)
Stress (linguistics) Welsh...
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exceptions stated below,
Turkish words are
oxytone (accented on the last syllable). Place-names are not
oxytone: Anádolu (Anatolia), İstánbul. Most place...
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Placement of
accent Antepenult Penult Ultima Type of
accent Cir****flex —
properispomenon perispomenon Acute proparoxytone paroxytone oxytone Any
barytone —...
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common Southern Italian familiar term of address, ****pà, the
apocoped oxytone form of the word ****pari
found in
Southern Italian dialects and compare...
- may fall on any of the
three final syllables of a word. A word is
called oxytone if it is
stressed on its last syllable,
paroxytone if
stress falls on the...
- website, such as that of the BBC) has been
taking place.
Words are
usually oxytones (i.e. the last
syllable is stressed), but
certain endings and suffixal...
