"penult" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpiːˌnʌlt/ Forms: penults [plural]
enPR: pēʹnŭlt' Etymology: Clipping of penultimate (“next to last”). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|penultimate||next to last}} Clipping of penultimate (“next to last”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} penult (plural penults)
  1. The next-to-last syllable of a word. Translations (next-to-last syllable of a word): penultima (Finnish), Vorendsilbe (German), vorletzte Silbe (German), see מלעיל (mil'él) [adverb] (Hebrew), [syllaba] paenultima [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-penult-en-noun-hkVuicoy Coordinate_terms (names of syllables): ultima, ult (english: last), penultima, penultimate, antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (english: last but two), preantepenultima (alt: præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (english: last but three), propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (english: last but four) Disambiguation of 'names of syllables': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'next-to-last syllable of a word': 90 10
  2. The next to the last in a series. Categories (topical): Two
    Sense id: en-penult-en-noun-8I3xyVvg Disambiguation of Two: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 68

Inflected forms

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