pénultième
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin paenultimus, from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”) (whence French ultime), with change of ending by analogy with the ordinal numerals (troisième, quatrième, etc.).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpénultième (plural pénultièmes)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “pénultième”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.