oxítono

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξύτονος (oxútonos).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.to.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.to.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈksi.tu.nu/

Hyphenation: o‧xí‧to‧no

Adjective

Examples
avô, dominó, pontapé, olá, só

oxítono (feminine oxítona, masculine plural oxítonos, feminine plural oxítonas)

(linguistics, of a word) oxytone (stressed on the last syllable)

Related terms

Spanish

Adjective

oxítono (feminine oxítona, masculine plural oxítonos, feminine plural oxítonas)

oxytone
Synonym: agudo

Further reading

“oxítono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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