Associations to the word «Proparoxytone»

Wiktionary

PROPAROXYTONE, adjective. Pertaining to a word in any language, originally in ancient Greek, with the stress (or an acute accent) on the antepenultimate syllable.
PROPAROXYTONE, noun. A proparoxytone word

Dictionary definition

PROPAROXYTONE, noun. Word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult.

Wise words

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