Definition of Oxytone in English :

Define Oxytone in English

Oxytone meaning in English

Meaning of Oxytone in English

Pronunciation of Oxytone in English

Oxytone pronunciation in English

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Oxytone

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Noun

1. oxytone

word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Oxytone

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adjective also: oxytonic
1. 
(of a word) having an accent on the final syllable
noun
2. 
an oxytone word

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Oxytone

see synonyms of oxytone
adjective
1. 
having an acute accent on the last syllable
noun
2. 
an oxytone word

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Oxytone

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adj.
1. Relating to or being a Greek word that has an acute accent on its last syllable.
2. Relating to or being a word that has a heavy stress accent on its last syllable.
n.
A word having the stress or the acute accent on the last syllable.

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