In linguistics, an oxytone (; , , ) is a word with either stress (in stress-based languages) or a high accent (in languages with a pitch accent) on the ultimate syllable (that is, the last syllable). Examples of this in English are the words correct and reward.
It contrasts with paroxytone (on the penultimate second-to-last syllable), and proparoxytone (on the antepenultimate third-to-last syllable).
See also
- Barytone
- Oxytonesis
- Penult
- Perispomenon
- Properispomenon
- Ultima (linguistics)