Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having an acute accent on the next to last syllable. Used of some words in Greek and certain Romance languages, such as French and Portuguese.
- noun A paroxytone word.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To write or pronounce with an acute accent on the penultimate: as, to
paroxytone a word. - In Gr. grammar, having, or characterized by, an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
- noun In Gr. grammar, a word which has an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Gram.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a word Having the
stress oraccent on thepenultimate syllable . - noun A paroxytone word.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I suspect that ειθε is paroxytone and γενοιμην is properispomenon but those are total guesses.
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And all hearts were touched and turned to her voice, shining like a young star, shining clearer as the voice intoned the pro-paroxytone and more faintly as the cadence died.
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In both these sequences the end of all the strophes is paroxytone.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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If anybody giggles when you say it as a paroxytone, that's their problem, not yours.
Discover Blogs 2010
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If anybody giggles when you say it as a paroxytone, that's their problem, not yours.
Discover Blogs 2010
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PHONOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES - WORD STRESS Words in Portuguese are predominantly paroxytone, and when they are one of the other two options, often there is an accent to indicate so.
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PHONOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES - WORD STRESS Words in Portuguese are predominantly paroxytone, and when they are one of the other two options, often there is an accent to indicate so.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word paroxytone
JM met a paroxytone with a cute accent.
May 11, 2011