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antepenultenUK
an·te·pe·nult A0328800 (ăn′tē-pē′nŭlt′, -pĭ-nŭlt′)n. The third syllable from the end in a word, such as te in antepenult.
[Short for Late Latin antepaenultima, from feminine of antepaenultimus, antepenultimate; see antepenultimate.]antepenult (ˌæntɪpɪˈnʌlt) or antepenultiman (Linguistics) the third last syllable in a word[C16: shortened from Latin (syllaba) antepaenultima; see ante-, penult]an•te•pe•nult (ˌæn tiˈpi nʌlt, -pɪˈnʌlt)
n. the third syllable from the end in a word, as te in antepenult. [1575–85; < Latin (syllaba)antepaenultima the second (syllable) from the last. See ante-, penult] an`te•pe•nul′ti•mate, adj., n. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  antepenult - the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the endantepenultima, antepenultimatesyllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables" |
TranslationsantepenultenUK
Related to antepenult: antepenultimateSynonyms for antepenultnoun the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the endSynonyms- antepenultima
- antepenultimate
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