penultimate
Next to last, second to lastNext to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
» This is the penultimate version of the paper.
Это предпоследний вариант текста.
Це передостання версія роботи.
Це передостання версія тексту.
Meaning
4 senses(UK, literary, not comparable)Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
vorletzte
предпосле́днийpredposlédnij
передоста́ннійperedostánnij
second last
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to a penult.
(not comparable, rare)Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
(not comparable, proscribed)Pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality
Examples
11 sentencesThis is the penultimate version of the paper.
Це передостання версія роботи. — miketheknight
ruЭто предпоследний вариант текста. — shanghainese
In Esperanto, the penultimate syllable is stressed.
ruВ эсперанто предпоследний слог слова ударный. — xmoffx
Johnny, please read the penultimate paragraph.
ruДжонни, прочти, пожалуйста, предпоследний параграф. — shanghainese
deJohnny, lies bitte den vorletzten Absatz. — al_ex_an_der
The stress is always on the penultimate syllable.
Several more people got on at the penultimate bus stop.
deAn der vorletzten Bushaltestelle sind noch etliche Leute zugestiegen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- second last:next-to-last