penultim — PENÚLTIM, Ă, penultimi, e, adj. Care este înaintea celui din urmă, al doilea din urmă. – Din lat. paenultimus. Trimis de RACAI, 21.10.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 penúltim adj. m. (sil. mf. pen ) ultim Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar… … Dicționar Român
penúltimo — (Del lat. paenultimus .) ► adjetivo numeral/ sustantivo Que es inmediatamente anterior al último: ■ ocupó la posición penúltima en la carrera. * * * penúltimo, a (del lat. «paenultĭmus») adj. y n. Se aplica a lo que está antes de lo *último. ≃… … Enciclopedia Universal
pénultième — [ penyltjɛm ] adj. et n. f. • penultime 1268; lat. pænultimus, de pæne « presque » et ultimus « dernier » ♦ Didact. Avant dernier. ♢ N. f. Ling. Avant dernière syllabe. Mot grec qui porte l accent tonique sur la pénultième. ⇒ paroxyton. La… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Antepenult — An te*pe nult, ||Antepenultima An te*pe*nult i*ma, n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as syl in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Antepenultima — Antepenult An te*pe nult, ||Antepenultima An te*pe*nult i*ma, n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as syl in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Penultima — Pe*nul ti*ma, n. [L. (sc. syllaba), fr. penultimus, paenultimus, the last but one; paene almost + ultimus the last.] Same as {Penult}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
antepenult — also antepenultima noun Etymology: Late Latin antepaenultima, feminine of antepaenultimus preceding the next to last, from Latin ante + paenultimus penultimate Date: 1552 the third syllable of a word counting from the end (as cu in accumulate) •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
penult — noun Etymology: Latin paenultima penult, from feminine of paenultimus almost last, from paene almost + ultimus last more at ultimate Date: 1537 the next to the last member of a series; especially the next to the last syllable of a word … New Collegiate Dictionary
pénultième — (pé nul tiè m ) adj. Avant dernier, qui précède le dernier. • Le commun des hommes aime les phrases et les périodes, admire ce qu il n entend pas, se suppose instruit, content de décider entre un premier et un second point, ou entre le dernier… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
penultimate — pe|nul|ti|mate [peˈnʌltımıt, pə ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: paenultimus, from paene almost + ultimus last ] not the last, but immediately before the last = ↑last but one →↑ultimate ▪ the penultimate chapter … Dictionary of contemporary English
penultimate — adjective last but one. Origin C17: from L. paenultimus, from paene almost + ultimus last , on the pattern of ultimate … English new terms dictionary