antepenult

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Pronunciation

/ˌantɪpɪˈnʌlt/ (UK)

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/ˌantɪpɪˈnʌlt/ (UK) · /ˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/ (UK) · /ˌantiˈpiˌnʌlt/ (US) · /ˌantɪˈpiˌnʌlt/ (US) · /ˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/ (US)

Definition of antepenult

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

The third-to-last syllable of a word.

“This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]”

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Either formed from ante- + penult and modelled on Latin or a shortening of Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba).

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