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An oxytone (/ˈɒksɪtoʊn/; from the Ancient Greek: ὀξύτονος, oxýtonos, 'sharp-sounding') 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 (second last) syllable. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate (third last) syllable.

See also

• Barytone
• Paroxytone
• Penult
• Perispomenon
• Preantepenult
• Proparoxytone
• Properispomenon
• Ultima (linguistics)
• Stress (linguistics)

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