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词汇 oxytone
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Definition of oxytone in English:

oxytone

adjective ˈɒksɪtəʊnˈɑksəˌtoʊn
  • (especially in ancient Greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable.

    (尤指古希腊语)尾重音的

    Compare with paroxytone
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The general rhythm of the language clips seems to show a preference for oxytone words.
    • This development was perhaps posterior to the substitution of the pronominal ending in the oxytone neuter o-stems because the latter did not affect the u-stems.
noun ˈɒksɪtəʊnˈɑksəˌtoʊn
  • A word having an acute accent on the last syllable.

    (尤指古希腊语)尾重音的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even though they are oxytones, words of one syllable never need an accent, unless the accent is diacritic.
    • There are also a good many cases in which the French name ends in a weak e and would produce an oxytone.
    • A word bearing the acute upon the ultima is known as an oxytone, one with the acute upon the penult as a paroxytone, one with the acute upon the antepenult as a proparoxytone.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Greek oxutonos, from oxus 'sharp' + tonos 'tone'.

Definition of oxytone in US English:

oxytone

adjectiveˈɑksəˌtoʊnˈäksəˌtōn
  • (especially in ancient Greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable.

    (尤指古希腊语)尾重音的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The general rhythm of the language clips seems to show a preference for oxytone words.
    • This development was perhaps posterior to the substitution of the pronominal ending in the oxytone neuter o-stems because the latter did not affect the u-stems.
nounˈɑksəˌtoʊnˈäksəˌtōn
  • A word having an acute accent on the last syllable.

    (尤指古希腊语)尾重音的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even though they are oxytones, words of one syllable never need an accent, unless the accent is diacritic.
    • A word bearing the acute upon the ultima is known as an oxytone, one with the acute upon the penult as a paroxytone, one with the acute upon the antepenult as a proparoxytone.
    • There are also a good many cases in which the French name ends in a weak e and would produce an oxytone.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Greek oxutonos, from oxus ‘sharp’ + tonos ‘tone’.

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