What does oxytone mean?

Definitions for oxytone
ˈɒk sɪˌtoʊnoxy·tone

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. oxytonenoun

    word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

Wiktionary

  1. oxytonenoun

    A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

  2. oxytoneadjective

    Pertaining to a word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

  3. Etymology: From ὀξύτονος.

Wikipedia

  1. Oxytone

    An oxytone (; from the Ancient Greek: ὀξύτονος, oxýtonos, 'sharp-sounding') is a word with the stress on the last syllable, such as the English words correct and reward. (A paroxytone is stressed on the penultimate (second-last) syllable. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate (third-last) syllable.)

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  1. oxytone

    An oxytone is a word or phrase in which the last syllable is stressed or accented in pronunciation. This term is primarily used in the study of linguistics and phonetics, and it originates from the Greek words for "sharp" and "sound". This term is often used in the classification and analysis of Greek and Latin words.

Wikidata

  1. Oxytone

    An oxytone is a word with the stress on the last syllable, such as the English words correct and reward. A paroxytone is stressed on the penultimate syllable. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate syllable.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Oxytone

    oks′i-tōn, adj. having an acute sound: having the acute accent on the last syllable.—n. a word so accented. [Gr. oxys, sharp, tonos, tone.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of oxytone in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of oxytone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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