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OXYTONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oxytone mean?
• OXYTONE (noun)
The noun OXYTONE has 1 sense:
1. word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
Familiarity information: OXYTONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("oxytone" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
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