oxytone

ox·y·tone  (ks-tn)

adj.

1. Relating to or being a Greek word that has an acute accent on its last syllable.

2. Relating to or being a word that has a heavy stress accent on its last syllable.

n.

A word having the stress or the acute accent on the last syllable.

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[Greek oxutonos : oxus, sharp; see ak- in Indo-European roots + tonos, tone; see tone.]

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oxytone [ˈɒksɪˌtəʊn] (in the classical Greek language)

adj

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (of a word) having an accent on the final syllable

n

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) an oxytone word Compare paroxytone, proparoxytone

[from Greek oxytonos, from oxus sharp + tonos tone]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

oxytone - word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"