adjective/pe.nyl.tjɛm/
penultimate, next-to-last
Synonyms: avant-dernier
Related: antépénultième
Learned borrowing from Latin paenultimus (“almost last”), with change of ending by analogy with the ordinal numerals (troisième, quatrième, etc.).
/pe.nyl.tjɛm/
penultimate, next-to-last
Synonyms: avant-dernier
Related: antépénultième
Learned borrowing from Latin paenultimus (“almost last”), with change of ending by analogy with the ordinal numerals (troisième, quatrième, etc.).
penult (next-to-last syllable of a word)
Ellipsis of pénultième syllabe.