oxytone

English

Alternative forms

• oxyt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxŭ́tonos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒksɪˌtəʊn/

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• (US) enPR: ŏk'sĭtōn", IPA^(key): /ˈɑksɪˌtoʊn/

Adjective

oxytone (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

   Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, preproparoxytone

Translations

oxytone

Esperanto: oksitona French: oxyton (fr) German: oxyton, oxytonisch Greek: οξύτονος (el) (oxýtonos) Ancient: ὀξύτονος (oxútonos) Hebrew: מִלְּרַע (he) Hungarian: oxiton (hu), végéles Italian: ossitono (it) m, tronco (it) m Latin: (please verify) oxytonus Portuguese: oxítono (pt), agudo (pt) Sicilian: assìtunu m, mozzu m Spanish: oxítono (es), agudo (es) Tibetan: སྒྲ་དྲག་པའི་མཐའ་ཅན (sgra drag pa'i mtha' can)

Noun

oxytone (plural oxytones or oxytona)

1. (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

   Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, prototonic, preproparoxytone

Translations

word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

French: oxyton (fr) m German: Oxytonum n, Oxytonon (de) n Greek: οξύτονος (el) (oxýtonos) Italian: ossitona f Portuguese: oxítona (pt) f, (please verify) aguda f Spanish: aguda (es) f, oxítona (es) f

Further reading

• oxytone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia