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Webster 1913 Edition

Proparoxytone

Proˊpar-ox′y-tone

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]. See

, and

.]

(Gr. Gram.)

A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Definition 2024

proparoxytone

proparoxytone

English

Adjective

proparoxytone ‎(not comparable)

pertaining to a word in any language, originally in ancient Greek, with the stress (or an acute accent) on the antepenultimate syllable.

Translations

proparoxytone

Catalan: proparoxíton (ca)
Greek: προπαροξύτονος (el) ‎(proparoxýtonos)
Italian: proparossitono (it), sdrucciolo (it)

Portuguese: proparoxítono (pt), esdrúxulo (pt)
Spanish: proparoxítono (es), esdrújulo (es)

Noun

proparoxytone ‎(plural proparoxytones)

a proparoxytone word

Hypernyms

barytone

Related terms

Translations

proparoxytone

German: Proparoxytonon (de) n
Greek: προπαροξύτονος (el) m ‎(proparoxýtonos)

Portuguese: esdrúxulo (pt) m
Spanish: esdrújula (es) f