Oxytone
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An oxytone (/ˈɒksɪtoʊn/; from the Ancient Greek: ὀξύτονος, oxýtonos, 'sharp-sounding') 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
- Proparoxytone
- Properispomenon
- Ultima (linguistics)
- Stress (linguistics)
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