Paroxytone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having an acute accent on the next to last syllable. Used of some words in Greek and certain Romance languages, such as French and Portuguese.
  • n. A paroxytone word.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
  • n. A paroxytone word.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In Gr. grammar, having, or characterized by, an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
  • n. In Gr. grammar, a word which has an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
  • To write or pronounce with an acute accent on the penultimate: as, to paroxytone a word.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    word    barytone