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proparoxytone

Syllables: pro·pa·rox·y·tone/pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/US/pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/

proparoxytone adjective: having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.

Adjective

proparoxytone (not comparable)

  1. Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.

Noun

proparoxytone (plural proparoxytones)

  1. A proparoxytone word.

Forms of proparoxytone

pluralproparoxytones

Origin of proparoxytone

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).

Questions about proparoxytone

What does proparoxytone mean?
Proparoxytone means having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
What part of speech is proparoxytone?
Proparoxytone can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce proparoxytone?
Proparoxytone is pronounced /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/ (UK).

Words near proparoxytone in the dictionary

  1. propargylic
  2. propargylic acid
  3. propargyls
  4. proparian
  5. proparians
  6. proparoxytone
  7. proparoxytones
  8. proparoxytonic
  9. proparoxytonous
  10. proparticipation
  11. propatagia

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