penult

English

Etymology

Clipping of penultimate (“next to last”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈnʌlt/, /pɛˈnʌlt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpiˌnʌlt/, /pɛˈnʌlt/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ʌlt, -iːnʌlt

Noun

penult (plural penults)

1. The next-to-last syllable of a word.
2. 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 f, vorletzte Silbe f, (learned, elevated) Pänultima (de) f
• Greek: παραλήγουσα (el) f (paralígousa)

  Ancient Greek: πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ f (părălḗgousă)

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

Anagrams

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