PENULTIMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The next to last syllable in a word

Synonyms:

penult; penultima; penultimate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("penultima" is a kind of...):

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)

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