Oxytone
An oxytone (/ˈɒksᵻtoʊn/; 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 (second last) syllable. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate (third last) syllable.
See also
- Barytone
- Paroxytone
- Penult
- Perispomenon
- Preantepenult
- Proparoxytone
- Properispomenon
- Ultima (linguistics)
- Stress (linguistics)
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