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Encyclopedia > Paroxytone

Paroxytone 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 canasta. Related terms are proparoxytone (stress on the last one but two) and oxytone (accented on the last one).


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paronomasia and paromology and paronym and paronymous and heteronymous and heteronymy and paroxytone and proparoxytone ... (881 words)
paronomasia and paromology and paronym and paronymous and heteronymous and heteronymy and paroxytone and proparoxytone and ultima
Paroxytone is a term meaning to write or pronounce with an acute accent on the penultimate syllable (2nd to last; the antepenult is the third to last and the ultima is the final syllable.
Something therefore that is paroxytonic has nothing to do with what you might spread on your hair; it is a list of paroxytone words.
paronomasia and paromology and paronym and paronymous and heteronymous and heteronymy and paroxytone and proparoxytone ... (881 words)
paronomasia and paromology and paronym and paronymous and heteronymous and heteronymy and paroxytone and proparoxytone and ultima
Paroxytone is a term meaning to write or pronounce with an acute accent on the penultimate syllable (2nd to last; the antepenult is the third to last and the ultima is the final syllable.
Something therefore that is paroxytonic has nothing to do with what you might spread on your hair; it is a list of paroxytone words.
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