"antepenultimate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ante|penultimate}} ante- + penultimate, {{der|en|la|antepaenultima}} Latin antepaenultima, {{m|la|antepēnultima (syllaba)|t=last syllable but two in a word}} antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), {{m|la|antepaenultimus}} antepaenultimus, {{m|la|antepēnultimus|t=antepenultimate}} antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antepenultimate (not comparable)
  1. Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: peripenultimate, propenultimate, third last, third to last, triultimate Coordinate_terms (adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (english: last), penultimate (english: last but one), preantepenultimate (english: last but three), propreantepenultimate (english: last but four) Translations (two before the last): նախավերջընթերային (naxaverǰəntʿerayin) (Armenian), перадперадапошні (pjeradpjeradapóšni) (Belarusian), antepenúltim (Catalan), 倒数第三 (dàoshǔ dì sān) (Chinese Mandarin), antepenultimær (Danish), tredjesidst or trediesidst (Danish), derdelaatste (Dutch), triðsíðstur (Faroese), kolmanneksi viimeinen (Finnish), antépénultième (French), antepenúltimo (Galician), drittletzter (German), vorvorletzter (German), αντιπροτελευταίος (antiproteleftaíos) (Greek), προπροτελευταίος (proproteleftaíos) (Greek), מלעיל דמלעיל (mil'él di-mil'él) (Hebrew), hátulról a harmadik (Hungarian), terzultimo [masculine] (Italian), 次々末 (jijimatsu) (Japanese), antepaenultimus (Latin), претпретпо́следен (pretpretpósleden) (Macedonian), antepenúltimo (Portuguese), antepenultim [masculine] (Romanian), предпредпосле́дний (predpredposlédnij) (Russian), antepenúltimo (Spanish), nästnäst sist (Swedish), näst näst sist (Swedish), tredje från slutet (Swedish), передпередоста́нній (peredperedostánnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-antepenultimate-en-adj-JEixg9vD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 24 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: antepaenultimate [rare], antepænultimate [archaic]

Noun

Forms: antepenultimates [plural]
Etymology: From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ante|penultimate}} ante- + penultimate, {{der|en|la|antepaenultima}} Latin antepaenultima, {{m|la|antepēnultima (syllaba)|t=last syllable but two in a word}} antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), {{m|la|antepaenultimus}} antepaenultimus, {{m|la|antepēnultimus|t=antepenultimate}} antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} antepenultimate (plural antepenultimates)
  1. Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)
    Sense id: en-antepenultimate-en-noun-Zdk81C4R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 24 40
  2. The syllable that comes two before the last in a word. Synonyms: antepenult
    Sense id: en-antepenultimate-en-noun-rRdMLSxu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ante- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 24 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ante-: 29 28 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: antepaenultimate [rare], antepænultimate [archaic] Related terms: penultimate, preantepenultimate, propreantepenultimate, ultimate

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "drittletzter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "vorvorletzter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antiproteleftaíos",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "αντιπροτελευταίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proproteleftaíos",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "προπροτελευταίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mil'él di-mil'él",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "מלעיל דמלעיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "hátulról a harmadik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terzultimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jijimatsu",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "次々末"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "antepaenultimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pretpretpósleden",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "претпретпо́следен"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "antepenúltimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antepenultim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predpredposlédnij",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "предпредпосле́дний"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "antepenúltimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "nästnäst sist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "näst näst sist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "tredje från slutet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredperedostánnij",
      "sense": "two before the last",
      "word": "передпередоста́нній"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antepenultimate"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms prefixed with ante-",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ante",
        "3": "penultimate"
      },
      "expansion": "ante- + penultimate",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "antepaenultima"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin antepaenultima",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "antepēnultima (syllaba)",
        "t": "last syllable but two in a word"
      },
      "expansion": "antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "antepaenultimus"
      },
      "expansion": "antepaenultimus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "antepēnultimus",
        "t": "antepenultimate"
      },
      "expansion": "antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "antepenultimates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "antepenultimate (plural antepenultimates)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "penultimate"
    },
    {
      "word": "preantepenultimate"
    },
    {
      "word": "propreantepenultimate"
    },
    {
      "word": "ultimate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The words animal, citizen, comedy, dangerous, obvious, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The syllable that comes two before the last in a word."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "antepenult"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "antepaenultimate"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "antepænultimate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antepenultimate"
}

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