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What (who) is oxytone - definition
STRESS ON THE LAST SYLLABLE OF A WORD, LIKE "CORRECT" OR "REWARD"
Oxitone; Oxytonic; Oxytonic accent
oxytone
['?ks?t??n]
¦ adjective (especially in ancient Greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable.
¦ noun an oxytone word.
Origin
C18: from Gk oxutonos, from oxus 'sharp' + tonos 'tone'.
Oxytone
·noun An acute sound.
II. Oxytone ·noun A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.
III. Oxytone ·adj Having an acute sound; (·Gr. Grammar), having an acute accent on the last syllable.
Oxytone
An oxytone (; from the , , '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.
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Oxytone
In linguistics, an oxytone (; 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.
It contrasts with a paroxytone, stressed on the penultimate (second-last) syllable, and a proparoxytone, stressed on the antepenultimate (third-last) syllable.
