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penultimate

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pe·nul·ti·mate  (p-nlt-mt)
adj.
1. Next to last.
2. Linguistics Of or relating to the penult of a word: penultimate stress.
n.
The next to the last.

[From Latin paenultimus; see penult.]

pe·nulti·mate·ly adv.

penultimate
Adjective
second last
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.penultimate - the next to last syllable in a word
syllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"
Adj.1.penultimate - next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"
intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"
Translations
Spanish penultimate [pɛˈnʌltɪmət] adjpenúltimo
French penultimate [pɪˈnʌltɪmət] adjpénultième, avant-dernier/ière
German penultimate [pɛˈnʌltɪmət] adjvorletzte(r, s)
Italian penultimate [pɪˈnʌltɪmət] adjpenultimo/a

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In the penultimate verse he makes known his discovery concerning the root of modern Nihilism and indifference,--i.
"If your conscience," says the man with the nose, "is indisposed toward foreign idioms ye might, to please yourself, smuggle the letter into the penultimate syllable.
But at the penultimate word, Mary cried out with sharp reproof:
 
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