English Explanatory Dictionary

penultima

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the next to last syllable in a word

Word forms

penultima penultimas

Etymology

From Latin, from pēnultimus, paenultimus (“the last but one”).

Derived words

penultima law
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