3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, a.
Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable
but one of a word.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, n.
The penult.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
penultimate
adj : next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the
murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in
the next-to-last column" [syn: {next-to-last}]
n : the next to last syllable in a word [syn: {penult}, {penultima}]
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