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Paroxytone

Paroxytone logo #10101) Word
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Paroxytone

Paroxytone logo #21000 Paroxytone (παροξύτονος, paroxýtonos) is a linguistic term for a word with stress on the penultimate syllable, that is, the syllable before the last syllable, e.g, the English word potato. In the Italian language and Portuguese the majority of the words are like this. In medieval Latin lyric poetry, a paroxytonic line or half-line is o...
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paroxytone

paroxytone logo #22641having an acute accent on the next to last syllable
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Paroxytone

Paroxytone logo #21002• (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
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Paroxytone

Paroxytone logo #20972Par·ox'y·tone noun [ Greek ..., adjective See Para- , and Oxytone .] (Gr. Gram.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
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paroxytone

paroxytone logo #20400[n] - word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
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paroxytone

paroxytone logo #20974 noun word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
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