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Inlinguistics, aparoxytone (Greek:παροξύτονος,paroxýtonos) is a word with stress on thepenultimate syllable, that is, the second-to-last syllable,[1]: 121 such as theEnglish wordpotáto.
In English, most words ending in-ic are paroxytones:músic,frántic, andphonétic but notrhétoric,aríthmetic (noun), andÁrabic.
InItalian andPortuguese as well asSpanish, most words are paroxytones. InPolish, almost all multisyllabic words are paroxytones except for certain verb conjugations and a few words of foreign origin.
In medieval Latin lyric poetry, aparoxytonic line or half-line is one in which the penultimate syllable is stressed, as in the second half of the verse "Estuans intrinsecus || ira vehementi."
Related concepts areproparoxytone (stress on the antepenultimate (third-to-last) syllable) andoxytone (stress on the penultimate/last syllable).
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edit- ^Philip Carr (23 June 2008).A Glossary of Phonology.Edinburgh University Press.doi:10.1515/9780748629671.ISBN 978-0-7486-2967-1.OL 37091002M.Wikidata Q124444420.
