paroxytone

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (paroxútonos, “paroxytone”).

IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/

paroxytone (not comparable)

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

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

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

1. (linguistics) A paroxytone word.

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