Meanings
adjectiveparoxytone (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesHaving the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπᾰροξῠ́τονος
- Ancient Greekπᾰροξῠ́τονος
- Englishparoxytone
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παροξύτονος
- παροξύτονος (paroxútonos)paroxytone
Catalan paroxítona, paraula plana
- paroxítonaparoxytone
- paraula planaparoxytone
Finnish paroksytoninen
- paroksytoninenparoxytone
French paroxyton, paroxyton
- paroxytonparoxytone
- paroxytonparoxytone
German Paroxytonon
- Paroxytononparoxytone
Greek παροξύτονος, παροξύτονος
- παροξύτονος (paroxýtonos)paroxytone
- παροξύτονος (paroxýtonos)paroxytone
Hebrew מִלְּעֵיל, מִלְּעֵיל
- מִלְּעֵילparoxytone
- מִלְּעֵיל (mil’él)paroxytone
Hungarian paroxiton, másodéles
- paroxitonparoxytone
- másodélesparoxytone
Italian parossitono, piano
- parossitonoparoxytone
- pianoparoxytone
- parossitonoparoxytone
Polish paroksytoniczny
- paroksytonicznyparoxytone
Portuguese paroxítono, paroxítona
- paroxítonoparoxytone
- paroxítonaparoxytone
- graveparoxytone
Spanish grave, paroxítono
- graveparoxytone
- paroxítonoparoxytone
- llanoparoxytone
- llanaparoxytone
- paroxítonaparoxytone
- graveparoxytone
Cite this entry
APA
paroxytone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paroxytone
MLA
“paroxytone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paroxytone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paroxytone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paroxytone.
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