paroxytone

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PHONOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES - WORD STRESS Words in Portuguese are predominantly paroxytone, and when they are one of the other two options, often there is an accent to indicate so.

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  1. adjective Having an acute accent on the next to last syllable. Used of some words in Greek and certain Romance languages, such as French and Portuguese.
  2. noun A paroxytone word.

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  • PHONOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES - WORD STRESS Words in Portuguese are predominantly paroxytone, and when they are one of the other two options, often there is an accent to indicate so. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Greek paroxutonos : para-, beside; see para-1 + oxutonos, oxytone; see oxytone.

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  1. from Greek παροξύτονος, with the acute accent on the penultima, from παρά, beside, + ὀξύτονος, having the accent on the last syllable: see oxytone.
  2. from Greek παροξυτονεῖν, put the acute accent on the penultima: see paroxytone, a.
 

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