Paroxytone
Encyclopedia
Paroxytone is a linguistic
term for a word with stress on the penultimate syllable, that is, the syllable before the last syllable, e.g, the English
word potato. In the Italian language
the majority of the words are like this.
In medieval Latin lyric poetry, a paroxytonic line or half-line is one where the penultimate syllable is stressed, as in the second half of the verse "Estuans intrinsecus || ira vehementi."
Related terms are proparoxytone
(stress on the last one but two) and oxytone
(accented on the last one).
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
term for a word with stress on the penultimate syllable, that is, the syllable before the last syllable, e.g, the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
word potato. In the Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
the majority of the words are like this.
In medieval Latin lyric poetry, a paroxytonic line or half-line is one where the penultimate syllable is stressed, as in the second half of the verse "Estuans intrinsecus || ira vehementi."
Related terms are proparoxytone
Proparoxytone
Proparoxytone is a linguistic term for a word with stress on the antepenultimate syllable, e.g the English words cinema and operational. Related terms are paroxytone and oxytone .In English, most nouns of three or more syllables are proparoxtones...
(stress on the last one but two) and oxytone
Oxytone
An oxytone is a word with the stress on the last syllable, such as the English words correct and reward. A paroxytone is stressed on the penultimate syllable. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate syllable.-See also:*Barytone...
(accented on the last one).
See also
- Barytone (syllable)
- OxytoneOxytoneAn oxytone is a word with the stress on the last syllable, such as the English words correct and reward. A paroxytone is stressed on the penultimate syllable. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate syllable.-See also:*Barytone...
- Penult
- PerispomenonPerispomenonIn Ancient Greek grammar, a perispomenon is a word with a circumflex accent on the last syllable. A properispomenon is a word with a circumflex on the second-to-last syllable. theoû "of a god" prâxis "business"...
- Preantepenult
- ProparoxytoneProparoxytoneProparoxytone is a linguistic term for a word with stress on the antepenultimate syllable, e.g the English words cinema and operational. Related terms are paroxytone and oxytone .In English, most nouns of three or more syllables are proparoxtones...
- Properispomenon
- Ultima (syllable)
- Stress (linguistics)Stress (linguistics)In linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or sentence. The term is also used for similar patterns of phonetic prominence inside syllables. The word accent is sometimes also used with this sense.The stress placed...