different between preantepenultimate vs taxonomy

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)

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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