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Definition of Oxytone
1. Noun. Word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
Generic synonyms: Word
Definition of Oxytone
1. a. Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.
2. n. An acute sound.
Definition of Oxytone
1. Adjective. (linguistics) Pertaining to a word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable. ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxytone
1. a word having heavy stress on the last syllable [n -S]