Dictionary

properispomenon en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɹəʊpɛɹɪˈspɒmənɒn/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπερισπώμενον (properispṓmenon).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a word) In Greek grammar, having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
2. (not-comparable, rare) A linguistic unit marked by a particular accentual or tonal pattern in which prominence falls just before the final syllable.

Coordinates

oxytone · barytone · perispomenon · paroxytone · proparoxytone

Synonyms

properispomenal

Translations (3)

fr propérispomène (having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable) · fi properispomenon (having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable) · it properispomeno (having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable)

properispomenon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹəʊpɛɹɪˈspɒmənɒn/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπερισπώμενον (properispṓmenon).

Meanings

1. A word having such an accent.

Forms

Coordinates

oxytone · proparoxytone · barytone · paroxytone · perispomenon

Relateds

properispome

Translations (1)

it properispomena (a word having a properispomenon accent)