proparoxyton
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (proparoxútonos, “paroxytone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.pa.ʁɔk.si.tɔ̃/
Adjective
proparoxyton (feminine proparoxytone, masculine plural proparoxytons, feminine plural proparoxytones)
- paroxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the antepenultimate syllable)
- Coordinate terms: oxyton, paroxyton, périspomène, propérispomène
Further reading
- “proparoxyton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.