different between antepenultimate vs antepenult

English

Alternative forms

• antepaenultimate
• antepænultimate

Etymology

ante- meaning before, pen- from the Latin paene meaning almost, and ultimate from the Latin ultimus meaning last

Adjective

antepenultimate (not comparable)

1. Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.

Synonyms

• peripenultimate
• propenultimate
• third last
• third to last

Coordinate terms

• (adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (last), penultimate (last but one), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)

Translations

Noun

antepenultimate (plural antepenultimates)

1. Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)
2. The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.

   The words animal, citizen, comedy, dangerous, obvious, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.

Related terms

• penultimate
• preantepenultimate
• propreantepenultimate
• ultimate

English

Etymology

ante- +? penult

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ant?p??n?lt/

Noun

antepenult (plural antepenults)

1. The third-to-last syllable of a word.

Coordinate terms

• (names of syllables): ultima, ult (last); penultima, penultimate, penult (last but one); antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (last but two); preantepenultima (præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (last but three); propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (last but four)

Derived terms

• preantepenult