oxytone

{{Short description|Stress on the last syllable of a word, like "correct" or "reward"}}

{{more references|date=February 2024}}

{{wikt | oxytone}}

In linguistics, an oxytone ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɒ|k|s|ᵻ|t|oʊ|n}}; from the {{langx|grc|ὀξύτονος}}, {{transl|grc|oxýtonos}}, 'sharp-sounding'{{cn|date=February 2024}}) is a word with the stress on the last syllable,{{Cite Q|Q124444420}}{{Rp|118}} such as the English words correct and reward.

It contrasts with a paroxytone, stressed on the penultimate (second-last) syllable, and a proparoxytone, stressed on the antepenultimate (third-last) syllable.