Oxytone
An oxytone (/ˈɒksɨtoʊn/; from the Ancient Greek: ὀξύτονος, oxýtonos) is a word with the stress on the last syllable, such as the English words correct and reward. A paroxytone is stressed on the penultimate syllable. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate syllable.
See also
- Barytone
- Paroxytone
- Penult
- Perispomenon
- Preantepenult
- Proparoxytone
- Properispomenon
- Ultima (linguistics)
- Stress (linguistics)