ANTEPENULTIMATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does antepenultimate mean? 

• ANTEPENULTIMATE (noun)
  The noun ANTEPENULTIMATE has 1 sense:

1. the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

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

• ANTEPENULTIMATE (adjective)
  The adjective ANTEPENULTIMATE has 1 sense:

1. third from last

  Familiarity information: ANTEPENULTIMATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTEPENULTIMATE (noun)

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 ("antepenultimate" is a kind of...):

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

• ANTEPENULTIMATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Third from last

Similar:

intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or state)

Derivation:

antepenultima (the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end)