Definition of Proparoxytones. Meaning of Proparoxytones. Synonyms of Proparoxytones

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Definition of Proparoxytones

Proparoxytone
Proparoxytone Pro`par*ox"y*tone, n. [Gr. ?. See Pro-, and Paroxytone.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Meaning of Proparoxytones from wikipedia

- last syllable). In English, most nouns of three or more syllables are proparoxytones, except in words ending in –tion or –sion, which tend to be paroxytones...
- syllable, and a proparoxytone, stressed on the antepenultimate (third-last) syllable. Barytone Paroxytone Penult Perispomenon Proparoxytone Properispomenon...
- the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a proparoxytone /ˈɛstɪbæn/ EST-ib-an.[citation needed] Esteban Alvarado, Costa Rican...
- in proparoxytone words. E.g. hòmens 'men', jóvens 'youth'. Eastern Catalan: In nouns and adjectives, loss of /n/ of medieval plurals in proparoxytone words...
- stress can also fall on the antepenultimate (third from last) syllable (proparoxytones or mots esdrúchols 'slip words'). These were regarded as irregular stress...
- (Islam) or, in many sociolects of Brazilian Portuguese, esdrúxulo (proparoxytone). In some Andalusian dialects of Spanish, it merged with Peninsular...
- Placement of accent Antepenult Penult Ultima Type of accent Cir****flex — properispomenon perispomenon Acute proparoxytone paroxytone oxytone Any barytone —...
- verse "Estuans intrinsecus || ira vehementi." Related concepts are proparoxytone (stress on the antepenultimate (third-to-last) syllable) and oxytone...
- supplementary are treated as paroxytones or stressed on the /a/, rather than as proparoxytones or the preceding syllable, a hyperforeignism from the Spanish-derived...
- stressed syllable, and of the vowel(s) of the stressed syllable in proparoxytone three-syllable words. Cordobés people also tend to elongate the sound...