Paroxytone

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  • adjective. 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.
  • noun. A paroxytone word.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To write or pronounce with an acute accent on the penultimate: as, to paroxytone a word.
  • In Gr. grammar, having, or characterized by, an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
  • noun. In Gr. grammar, a word which has an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
  • noun. A paroxytone word.
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  • noun. word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
    • Word Usage
    "I suspect that ειθε is paroxytone and γενοιμην is properispomenon but those are total guesses."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    barytone  word  
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