penult

English

Etymology

Clipping of penultimate (“next to last”).

Pronunciation

enPR: pēʹnŭlt', IPA^(key): /ˈpiːˌnʌlt/

Noun

penult (plural penults)

The next-to-last syllable of a word.
The next to the last in a series.

Coordinate terms

(names of syllables): ultima, ult (last); penultima, penultimate, penult (last but one); antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (last but two); preantepenultima (præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (last but three); propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (last but four)

Translations

next-to-last syllable of a word

Finnish: penultima
German: Vorendsilbe, vorletzte (de) Silbe (de)

Hebrew: see מלעיל‎ (he) (mil'él) (adverb)
Latin: [syllaba] paenultima f

Anagrams

n-tuple, puntel

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