proparoxyton

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (proparoxútonos, “paroxytone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pa.ʁɔk.si.tɔ̃/
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Adjective

proparoxyton (feminine proparoxytone, masculine plural proparoxytons, feminine plural proparoxytones)

paroxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the antepenultimate syllable)
Coordinate terms: oxyton, paroxyton, périspomène, propérispomène

Further reading

“proparoxyton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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