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PENULT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penult mean? 

PENULT (noun)
  The noun PENULT has 1 sense:

1. the next to last syllable in a wordplay

  Familiarity information: PENULT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PENULT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The next to last syllable in a word

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

penult; penultima; penultimate

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

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


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