Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Retaining the accent independently; not enclitic; said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which are enclitic in other situations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek, not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, language, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: orthotonic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An orthotone form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek ὀρθότονος (orthótonos, “with unmodified accent”). By surface analysis, ortho- + tone.
