proparoxytone
/ˌproʊpəˈrɑksəˌtoʊn/
noun
- A word that has the stress on the third syllable from the end.
- In English, 'cinema' is a proparoxytone because the stress is on the first syllable.
- Linguists study proparoxytones to understand stress patterns in different languages.
- The teacher explained that 'telephone' is a proparoxytone in its three-syllable form.
adjective
- Having the stress on the third syllable from the end.
- The word 'happiness' has a proparoxytone stress pattern.
- The proparoxytone accent in 'family' falls on the first syllable.
- Many English adjectives are proparoxytone when they have three syllables.