Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proparoxytone

/pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-pa-rox-y-tone
IPA: /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.

noun

A proparoxytone word.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/
British English: /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/

Inflected Forms

proparoxytones (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

oxytone paroxytone perispomenon properispomenon barytone preproparoxytone

Questions

How do you pronounce proparoxytone?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/.
What does proparoxytone mean?: Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
Where does proparoxytone come from?: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).

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