"penultima" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: penultimas [plural]
Etymology: From Latin, from pēnultimus, paenultimus (“the last but one”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|pēnultimus}} pēnultimus, {{m|la|paenultimus|t=the last but one}} paenultimus (“the last but one”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} penultima (plural penultimas)
  1. the next to last syllable in a word Derived forms: penultima law
    Sense id: en-penultima-en-noun-4RVsQrC7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Coordinate_terms (names of syllables): ultima, ult (english: last), penultimate, penult (english: last but one), antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (english: last but two), preantepenultima (alt: præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (english: last but three), propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (english: last but four)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for penultima meaning in English (1.9kB)

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