Definition of Paroxytone. Meaning of Paroxytone. Synonyms of Paroxytone

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Definition of Paroxytone

Paroxytone
Paroxytone Par*ox"y*tone, n. [Gr. ?, a. See Para-, and Oxytone.] (Gr. Gram.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Meaning of Paroxytone from wikipedia

- In linguistics, a paroxytone (Gr****: παροξύτονος, paroxýtonos) is a word with stress on the penultimate syllable, that is, the second-to-last syllable...
- : 118  such as the English words correct and reward. It contrasts with a paroxytone, stressed on the penultimate (second-last) syllable, and a proparoxytone...
- as the English words "cinema" and "operational". Related concepts are paroxytone (stress on the penultimate syllable) and oxytone (stress on the last syllable)...
- Welsh and Polish, stress is always on the penult. Acute accent Oxytone Paroxytone Proparoxytone Ultima (linguistics) Stress (linguistics) Welsh Archived...
- Placement of accent Antepenult Penult Ultima Type of accent Cir****flex — properispomenon perispomenon Acute proparoxytone paroxytone oxytone Any barytone —...
- length of the vowel in the ultima. Pitch accent Acute accent Oxytone, paroxytone, proparoxytone Cir****flex Perispomenon, properispomenon Grave accent Barytone...
- infix can also be found for the word azúcar, due to its unusual form as a paroxytone word with a final /r/, giving azuquítar. Arabic uses a common infix, ⟨t⟩...
- Oxytone (ὀξύτονος): acute on the final syllable (e.g. πατήρ 'father') Paroxytone (παροξύτονος): acute on the penultimate (e.g. μήτηρ 'mother') Proparoxytone...
- syncopated effect, contrasting the natural short-long succession of the paroxytone verse. As written, the basic melodic unit combines a dotted eighth note...
- equilibrium. Syllables are enumerated with respect to a verse which ends with a paroxytone, so that a Septenary (having seven syllables) is defined as a verse whose...