oxytone

English

Alternative forms

oxyt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxútonos).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒksɪˌtəʊn/
(US) enPR: ŏk'sĭtōn", IPA^(key): /ˈɑksɪˌtoʊn/

Adjective

oxytone (not comparable)

(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone

Translations

oxytone

Esperanto: oksitona
French: oxyton (fr)
German: oxyton, oxytonisch
Greek: οξύτονος (el) (oxýtonos)
Ancient: ὀξύτονος (oxútonos)
Hebrew: מִלְּרַע (he)
Hungarian: oxiton (hu), végéles
Latin: ^{(please verify)} oxytonus
Portuguese: oxítono (pt)
Spanish: oxítono (es)

Noun

oxytone (plural oxytones or oxytona)

(linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
Coordinate terms: paroxytone, proparoxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone, prototonic

Translations

word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

French: oxyton (fr) m
German: Oxytonum n, Oxytonon (de) n
Greek: οξύτονος (el) (oxýtonos)
Italian: ossitona f
Portuguese: oxítona (pt) f
Spanish: palabra aguda f, oxítona (es) f

Further reading

oxytone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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