paroxyton

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɔk.si.tɔ̃/
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Adjective

paroxyton (feminine paroxytone, masculine plural paroxytons, feminine plural paroxytones)

paroxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the penultimate syllable)
Coordinate terms: oxyton, proparoxyton, périspomène, propérispomène

Further reading

“paroxyton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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