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Proparoxytone

Definition: Proparoxytone

Proparoxytone

Noun

1. Word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Proparoxytone \Pro`par*ox"y*tone\, noun. [from Greek expression. See Pro-, and Paroxytone.]. (Websters 1913)


Modern Translation: Proparoxytone

Language Translations for "proparoxytone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Spanish

  

proparoxítono, palabra esdrújula. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Specialty Definition: Proparoxytone

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Proparoxytone is a linguistic term for a word with stress on the antepenultimate syllable, that is, the last but two. Related terms are paroxytone (stress on the last but one) and oxytone (accented on the last one).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Proparoxytone."

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Rhyming with "Proparoxytone"

Words rhyming with "proparoxytone" (pronounced 'Pro`par*ox"y*tone'): Acetone, Amphopeptone, Antipeptone, Attone, Axstone, Bilestone, Bluestone, Bondstone, Brownstone, Buhrstone, Cairngormstone, Capstone, Chalkstone, Clingstone, Cobblestone, Cobstone, Copestone, Copplestone, Cross-stone, Crowstone, Croylstone, Curbstone, Dyspeptone, Firestone, flagstone, Footstone, gallstone, Gladstone, gravestone, Greenstone, Grindstone, hailstone, headstone, hearthstone, Hemiditone, Hemipeptone, Hemitone, hornstone, kerbstone, ketone, Keystone, limestone, Macrotone, Mandlestone, marlstone, merestone, Metacetone, Metapeptone, milestone, millstone. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Proparoxytone

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-r-t-x-y"

-5 letters: operator, pronator, property, ratooner.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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