preantepenultimate
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preantepenultimate
- /ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/ UK
- /ˌpɹiˌæntipəˈnʌltɪmət/ US
- /-tə-/ US
Rhymes with -ʌltɪmət
Where it comes from
From pre- (prefix meaning ‘physically in front of, before’) + antepenultimate (“(adjective) two before the last in a series; (noun) the second before the last in a series; (phonetics) syllable that comes two before the last in a word”).
noun preantepenultimates
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Synonym of preantepenult (“the last syllable but three of a word or other utterance; the fourth-to-last syllable”).
[I]f one vvas to ſay σῶματος, this vvould be all one as σόὸματος, and as if an Acute vvas placed on the Pre-antepenultimate, vvhich is never tolerated.
Similar: preantepenultima, preantepenult
adjective
- Three before the end; fourth to last. Words of this termination [-ites] have the accent of the words from which they are formed, which sometimes occasions the accent to be placed even on the preantepenultimate syllable, as Gileadites from Gilead, and so of others.
Translations
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adj three before the end
| Español | trasantepenúltimo |
|---|---|
| Français | préantépénultième |
| Deutsch | viertletzter, vorvorvorletzter |
| Italiano | quartultimo |
| Русский | предпредпредпоследний predpredpredposlednij |
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title = {preantepenultimate},
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