"penult" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpiːˌnʌlt/, /pɪˈnʌlt/ 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): πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ (părălḗgousă) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), penultima (Finnish), Vorendsilbe (German), vorletzte Silbe (German), παραλήγουσα (paralígousa) [feminine] (Greek), 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': 88 12
  2. The next to the last in a series. Categories (topical): Two
    Sense id: en-penult-en-noun-8I3xyVvg Disambiguation of Two: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 33 67

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for penult meaning in English (2.9kB)

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