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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (proparoxútonos, “paroxytone”).
Pronunciation
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
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