penultimate

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.

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[From Latin paenultimus; see penult.]

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pe·nulti·mate·ly adv.

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penultimate

Adjective

second last

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	penultimate - the next to last syllable in a word penult, penultima 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" next-to-last 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

penultimate [pɛˈnʌltɪmət] adj → penúltimo

penultimate [pɪˈnʌltɪmət] adj → pénultième, avant-dernier/ière

penultimate [pɛˈnʌltɪmət] adj → vorletzte(r, s)

penultimate [pɪˈnʌltɪmət] adj → penultimo/a