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• proparoxytone — [prō΄par äk′sə tōn΄] adj. [Gr proparoxytonos: see PRO 1, PARA 1, OXYTONE] having an acute accent on the antepenult, as in classical Greek n. a proparoxytone word …   English World dictionary

• proparoxytone — 1. adjective /prəʊpəˈrɒksɪtəʊn/ pertaining to a word in any language, originally in ancient Greek, with the stress (or an acute accent) on the antepenultimate syllable. 2. noun /prəʊpəˈrɒksɪtəʊn/ a proparoxytone word See Also: barytone, oxytone,… …   Wiktionary

• proparoxytone — proparoxytonic /proh pa rok si ton ik/, adj. /proh pa rok si tohn /, Class. Gk. Gram. adj. 1. having an accent or heavy stress on the antepenultimate syllable. n. 2. a proparoxytone word. [1755 65; < Gk proparoxýtonos. See PRO 2, PAROXYTONE] * *… …   Universalium

• proparoxytone — /proʊpəˈrɒksətoʊn/ (say prohpuh roksuhtohn) adjective (in Ancient Greek) 1. having an acute accent on the antepenultimate syllable. –noun 2. a proparoxytone word. {Greek proparoxytonos} –proparoxytonic /ˌproʊpərɒksəˈtɒnɪk/ (say .prohpuhroksuh… …  

• Proparoxytone — ( el. προπαροξύτονος, proparoxýtonos ) is a linguistic term for a word with stress on the antepenultimate syllable, that is, the last but two, e.g the English words acromegaly and operational . Related terms are paroxytone (stress on the last but …   Wikipedia

• Proparoxytone — Pro par*ox y*tone, n. [Gr. ?. See {Pro }, and {Paroxytone}.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• proparoxytone — noun word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult • Hypernyms: ↑word …   Useful english dictionary

• pro|par|ox|y|tone — «PROH par OK suh tohn», adjective, noun, verb, toned, ton|ing. Greek Grammar. –adj. having an acute accent on the antepenult. –n. a proparoxytone word. –v.t. to accent on the antepenult. ╂[< Greek proparoxýtonos < pro before + paroxýtonos… …   Useful english dictionary

• Portuguese orthography — The Portuguese orthography is based on the Latin alphabet, and makes use of the acute accent, the circumflex accent, the grave accent, the tilde, and the cedilla, to denote stress, vowel height, nasalization, and other sound changes. Accented… …   Wikipedia

• Oxytone — An oxytone (  /ˈɒks …   Wikipedia

• Catalan language — Catalan, Valencian català, valencià Pronunciation [kətəˈɫa] (EC) [kataˈla] (WC) [valensiˈa] (V) Spoken in …   Wikipedia