Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncommon)A penult, a next to last, particularly

    the next to last syllable in a word

  2. A penult, a next to last

    (uncommon)The penultimate syllable of a word or metrical line.

  3. (uncommon)The penultimate (next to lowest) card in a suit.

  4. (obsolete, rare, uncommon)The penultimate day of a month.

  5. (obsolete, rare, uncommon)The penultimate element of a collection of curves.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. This is the penultimate version of the paper.

    Це передостання версія роботи.

    ruЭто предпоследний вариант текста.

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  2. In Esperanto, the penultimate syllable is stressed.

    ruВ эсперанто предпоследний слог слова ударный.

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  3. Johnny, please read the penultimate paragraph.

    ruДжонни, прочти, пожалуйста, предпоследний параграф.

    deJohnny, lies bitte den vorletzten Absatz.

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  4. The stress is always on the penultimate syllable.

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  5. Several more people got on at the penultimate bus stop.

    deAn der vorletzten Bushaltestelle sind noch etliche Leute zugestiegen.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
before the last:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
before the last:

Origin

From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Latin paenultimus + -ate (nou

From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Latin paenultimus + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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Forms

plural: penultimates
Singularpenultimate
Pluralpenultimates

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
penultimate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto