antepenultimate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌæntipənˈʌltɪmət/
- /ˌæntipɪnˈʌltɪmət/
- /ˌæntəpənˈʌltəmət/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate English antepenultimate From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”).
Meanings
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(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.
[…] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
1677, Robert Plot, “Of the Heavens and Air”, in The natural history of Oxford-shire: Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England, page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| antepaenultimate | alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| antepænultimate | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Coordinates
penultimate (adjectives denoting syllables) · propreantepenultimate (adjectives denoting syllables) · ultimate (adjectives denoting syllables) · preantepenultimate (adjectives denoting syllables)
Deriveds
Synonyms
prepenultimate · third to last · triultimate · peripenultimate · third last · propenultimate
Translations (32)
ru предпредпосле́дний (two before the last) · da antepenultimær (two before the last) · bg предпредпоследен (two before the last) · fr antépénultième (two before the last) · ca antepenúltim (two before the last) · es antepenúltimo (two before the last) · de vorvorletzter (two before the last) · uk передпередоста́нній (two before the last) · hy նախավերջընթերային (two before the last) · el προπροτελευταίος (two before the last) · nl derdelaatste (two before the last) · hu hátulról a harmadik (two before the last) · it terzultimo (two before the last) · da tredjesidst or trediesidst (two before the last) · mk претпретпо́следен (two before the last) · pt antepenúltimo (two before the last) · de drittletzter (two before the last) · sv näst näst sist (two before the last) · sv tredje från slutet (two before the last) · he מלעיל דמלעיל (two before the last) · ro antepenultim (two before the last) · be перадперадапошні (two before the last) · fi kolmanneksi viimeinen (two before the last) · sv nästnäst sist (two before the last) · fo triðsíðstur (two before the last) · cmn 倒数第三 (two before the last) · gl antepenúltimo (two before the last) · ja 次々末 (two before the last) · pl przedprzedostatni (two before the last) · la antepaenultimus (two before the last) · pl trzeci od końca (two before the last) · el αντιπροτελευταίος (two before the last)