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ANTEPENULT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antepenult mean?
• ANTEPENULT (noun)
The noun ANTEPENULT has 1 sense:
1. the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Familiarity information: ANTEPENULT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
antepenult; antepenultima; antepenultimate
Hypernyms ("antepenult" is a kind of...):
syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)
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