oxytone
nounHow many syllables in oxytone?
There are 3 syllables in the word oxytone.How to pronounce oxytone:
Definition of oxytone:
- oxytone (noun):
- an oxytone word
- a unit of language that native speakers can identify.
Synonyms for oxytone:
affix
anagram
anaphor
antonym
back-formation
catchword
charade
classifier
closed-class word
cognate
cognate word
coinage
content word
contraction
deictic
deictic word
derivative
descriptor
diminutive
dirty word
dissyllable
disyllable
equivalent word
form
four-letter anglo-saxon word
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- immodest
- gunter's chain
- enjoyer
- disapproved
- coronate
- combusting
- bone-weary
- blathering
- forgiving
- bodycheck
- leadership
- enclosing
- destiner
- confiscate
- wistfulness
- stepsister
- slang-whanger
- pachisi
- encoding
- berating
- newscaster
- discompose
- customize
- reconvene
- overrule
- forefather
- flea-bitten
- upholding
- unstinted
- prosthesis
- prevailing
- motorized
- landholding
- attesting
- hollowness
- deconstruct
- summerise
- resharpen
- enhancement
- bashfully
- academe
- ravishing
- neophyte
- demeaning
- composing
- unemployed
- relevied
- gauleiter
- featherstitch
- anglicised
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