penultimate

3 definitions found

penultimate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, a.
     Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable
     but one of a word.
     [1913 Webster]

  Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, n.
     The penult.
     [1913 Webster]

penultimate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  penultimate
      adj 1: next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the
             murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the
             next-to-last column" [syn: penultimate, next-to-last]
      n 1: the next to last syllable in a word [syn: penult,
           penultima, penultimate]