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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παροξῠ́τονος (paroxútonos, “paroxytone”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
paroxyton (feminine paroxytone, masculine plural paroxytons, feminine plural paroxytones)
- paroxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the penultimate syllable)
- Coordinate terms: oxyton, proparoxyton, périspomène, propérispomène
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