antepenultimate
English
Alternative forms
- antepaenultimate
- antepænultimate
Etymology
ante- meaning before, pen- from the Latin paene meaning almost, and ultimate from the Latin ultimus meaning last
Adjective
antepenultimate (not comparable)
- Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.
- This book has ten chapters — chapter 8 is the antepenultimate one.
- (of a syllable) Last but two; third from last.
Coordinate terms
- (adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (last), penultimate (last but one), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)
Synonyms
- third last
- third to last
Translations
two before the last
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Noun
antepenultimate (plural antepenultimates)
- Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)
- The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.
- The words animal, citizen, comedy, dangerous, and obvious are stressed on the antepenultimate.