English Explanatory Dictionary

proparoxytone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
noun
  1. A proparoxytone word.

Pronunciation

/pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proparoxytone.wav /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/

Word forms

proparoxytone proparoxytones

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).

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