proparoxytone

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proparoxytone

  • /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/ UK
  • /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/ US

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).

adjective

  1. not comparable, of a word Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.

noun proparoxytones

  1. A proparoxytone word.

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adj proparoxytone

Españolproparoxítono, esdrújulo
Portuguêsproparoxítono, esdrúxulo
Françaisproparoxyton
Italianoproparossitono, sdrucciolo
Ελληνικάπροπαροξύτονος proparoxýtonos

noun a proparoxytone word

Españolesdrújula, proparoxítona
Portuguêsproparoxítona, esdrúxula
DeutschProparoxytonon
Ελληνικάπροπαροξύτονος proparoxýtonos
Românăproparoxiton

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"proparoxytone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/proparoxytone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

proparoxytone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/proparoxytone

Chicago

"proparoxytone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/proparoxytone.

BibTeX
@misc{proparoxytone_2026,
  title = {proparoxytone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/proparoxytone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}