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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (proparoxútonos).
Pronunciation
Adjective
proparoxytone (not comparable)
- (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
- Coordinate terms: oxytone, paroxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone
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Noun
proparoxytone (plural proparoxytones)
- (linguistics) A proparoxytone word.
- Coordinate terms: oxytone, paroxytone, perispomenon, properispomenon, barytone
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