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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 [pɪˈnʌltɪmɪt]
adj
next to the last
n
anything that is next to the last, esp a penult
[from Latin paene almost + ultimate, on the model of Latin paenultimus]
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
penultimate [pɪˈnʌltɪmɪt] ADJpenúltimo

penultimate [pɪˈnʌltɪmət] adjpénultième, avant-dernier/ière

penultimate
adjvorletzte(r, s)

penultimate [pɪˈnʌltɪmɪt] adjpenultimo/a

penultimate المقطع قبل اللأخير předposlední næstsidst vorletzter προτελευταίος penúltimo toiseksi viimeinen avant-dernier pretposljednji penultimo 終わりから2番目の 어미에서 두 번째(음절)의 voorlaatst nest sist przedostatni penúltimo предпоследний näst sista ที่สองจากที่สุดท้าย sondan bir önceki áp chót 倒数第二的


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