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Definition of Proparoxytone

Proparoxytone
Proparoxytone Pro`par*ox"y*tone, n. [Gr. ?. See Pro-, and Paroxytone.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Meaning of Proparoxytone from wikipedia

- In linguistics, a proparoxytone (Gr****: προπαροξύτονος, proparoxýtonos) is a word with stress on the antepenultimate (third last) syllable, such as the...
- syllable, and a proparoxytone, stressed on the antepenultimate (third-last) syllable. Barytone Paroxytone Penult Perispomenon Proparoxytone Properispomenon...
- the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a proparoxytone /ˈɛstɪbæn/ EST-ib-an.[citation needed] Esteban Alvarado, Costa Rican...
- are proparoxytone (stress on the third-to-last syllable) and oxytone (stress on the last syllable). Barytone Oxytone Penult Perispomenon Proparoxytone Properispomenon...
- (Islam) or, in many sociolects of Brazilian Portuguese, esdrúxulo (proparoxytone). In some Andalusian dialects of Spanish, it merged with Peninsular...
- Placement of accent Antepenult Penult Ultima Type of accent Cir****flex — properispomenon perispomenon Acute proparoxytone paroxytone oxytone Any barytone —...
- Polish, stress is always on the penult. Acute accent Oxytone Paroxytone Proparoxytone Ultima (linguistics) Stress (linguistics) Welsh Archived 2015-12-08...
- vowel in the ultima. Pitch accent Acute accent Oxytone, paroxytone, proparoxytone Cir****flex Perispomenon, properispomenon Grave accent Barytone Rhyme...
- in proparoxytone words. E.g. hòmens 'men', jóvens 'youth'. Eastern Catalan: In nouns and adjectives, loss of /n/ of medieval plurals in proparoxytone words...
- accent on any syllable: τις 'someone' (unaccented) ἄνθρωπος 'person' (proparoxytone) μήτηρ 'mother' (paroxytone) μοῦσα 'muse' (properispomenon) Like the...