different between preantepenultimate vs antepenultimate

English

Etymology

Nominal sense attested since 1746; adjectival sense attested since 1791: pre- +? antepenultimate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?'?n't?p?n?l?t?m?t, IPA^(key): /?p?i??ænt?p??n?lt?m?t/,
• (General American) enPR: pr?'?n'tip?n?l?t?m?t, pr?'?n't?p?n?l?t?m?t, IPA^(key): /?p?i?æntip??n?lt?m?t/, /?p?i?ænt?p??n?lt?m?t/,

Noun

preantepenultimate (plural preantepenultimates)

1. (chiefly phonetics, obsolete, rare) preantepenult

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)

Adjective

preantepenultimate (not comparable)

1. (chiefly phonetics and biology) Three before the end; fourth to last.

Coordinate terms

• (adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (last), penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), propreantepenultimate (last but four)

Translations

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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