How do you pronounce paroxytone?

The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/.

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paroxytone

/pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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A paroxytone word.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”).

paroxytones (plural)

oxytone proparoxytone perispomenon properispomenon barytone preproparoxytone

How do you pronounce paroxytone?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/.
What does paroxytone mean?: Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
Where does paroxytone come from?: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”).

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