- In linguistics, a
paroxytone (Gr****: παροξύτονος, paroxýtonos) is a word with
stress on the
penultimate syllable, that is, the second-to-last syllable...
- : 118 such as the
English words correct and reward. It
contrasts with a
paroxytone,
stressed on the
penultimate (second-last) syllable, and a proparoxytone...
- as the
English words "cinema" and "operational".
Related concepts are
paroxytone (stress on the
penultimate syllable) and
oxytone (stress on the last syllable)...
-
Welsh and Polish,
stress is
always on the penult.
Acute accent Oxytone Paroxytone Proparoxytone Ultima (linguistics)
Stress (linguistics)
Welsh Archived...
-
Placement of
accent Antepenult Penult Ultima Type of
accent Cir****flex —
properispomenon perispomenon Acute proparoxytone paroxytone oxytone Any
barytone —...
- 'someone' (unaccented) ἄνθρωπος 'person' (proparoxytone) μήτηρ 'mother' (
paroxytone) μοῦσα 'muse' (properispomenon) Like the word baritone, it
comes from...
-
Oxytone (ὀξύτονος):
acute on the
final syllable (e.g. πατήρ 'father')
Paroxytone (παροξύτονος):
acute on the
penultimate (e.g. μήτηρ 'mother') Proparoxytone...
-
length of the
vowel in the ultima.
Pitch accent Acute accent Oxytone,
paroxytone,
proparoxytone Cir****flex Perispomenon,
properispomenon Grave accent Barytone...
- monotone, monotonic, monotonous, monotony, neoteny, octatonic, oxytone,
paroxytone, pentatonic, peritoneum, polytonic, proparoxytone, protasis, pyelectasis...
- ole may be
pronounced with or
without the
accent on the "e"; it may be
paroxytone (written as ole),
though sometimes it can be
oxytone (then
written olé)...
