antepenult
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either formed from ante- + penult and modelled on Latin or a shortening of Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌantɪpɪˈnʌlt/, /ˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌantiˈpiˌnʌlt/, /ˌantɪˈpiˌnʌlt/, /ˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/
- Rhymes: -ʌlt, -iːnʌlt
Noun
[edit]antepenult (plural antepenults)
- The third-to-last syllable of a word.
- Synonym: antepenultimate
- 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 110:
- This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (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)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “antepenult, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, archived from the original on 4 November 2023.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “antepenult (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “antepenultimate (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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- English terms prefixed with ante-
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- English 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ʌlt
- Rhymes:English/ʌlt/4 syllables
- Rhymes:English/iːnʌlt
- Rhymes:English/iːnʌlt/4 syllables
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