- Look up
oxytone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In linguistics, an
oxytone (/ˈɒksɪtoʊn/; from the
Ancient Gr****: ὀξύτονος, oxýtonos, 'sharp-sounding'[citation...
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recessive accent, but
there are a few
oxytones, and a very few with an
accent in
between (neither
recessive nor
oxytone) or contracted: ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos...
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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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antepenultimate (third-to-last) syllable) and
oxytone (stress on the penultimate/last syllable).
Barytone Oxytone Penult Perispomenon Proparoxytone Properispomenon...
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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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Related concepts are
paroxytone (stress on the
penultimate syllable) and
oxytone (stress on the last syllable). In English, most
nouns of
three or more...
- 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...
- 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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stress (accented
vowel in bold)
Spanish model, but with the
possibility for
oxytones to not be
accented Ex: historia, gracia,
servicio mitolochía, cheografía...
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pronounced as
paroxytones (e. g. Gutierrez, Aristizabal) and
sometimes as
oxytones (e. g. Ortiz) and
recommends following the
general rule for accentuation...
