proparoxytone

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (proparoxútonos).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/
Hyphenation: pro‧pa‧rox‧y‧tone

Adjective

proparoxytone (not comparable)

(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
Coordinate terms: oxytone, paroxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone

Translations

proparoxytone

Catalan: proparoxíton (ca)
Finnish: proparoksytoninen
French: proparoxyton (fr)
Galician: proparoxítono (gl)
Greek: προπαροξύτονος (el) (proparoxýtonos)
Hungarian: proparoxiton, harmadéles
Italian: proparossitono (it), sdrucciolo (it)
Portuguese: proparoxítono (pt), esdrúxulo (pt)
Spanish: proparoxítono (es), esdrújulo (es)

Noun

proparoxytone (plural proparoxytones)

(linguistics) A proparoxytone word.
Coordinate terms: oxytone, paroxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone

Translations

a proparoxytone word

German: Proparoxytonon (de) n
Greek: προπαροξύτονος (el) m (proparoxýtonos)
Portuguese: esdrúxulo (pt) m
Spanish: esdrújula (es) f

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