Penult Definition

pēnŭlt, pĭ-nŭlt
noun
The next to the last item in a series.
American Heritage
The one next to the last; specif., the next-to-the-last syllable in a word.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Penult

Noun

Singular:
penult
Plural:
penults

Origin of Penult

  • Short for penultima from Latin paenultima feminine of paenultimus next to last paene almost ultimus last ultimate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From penultimate (“next to last"), by shortening

    From Wiktionary

Penult Sentence Examples

  • Most words take the accent on the penult.

  • Vowel Changes.-(I) Long a, whether from Aryan a or o or from Latin a, becomes aw in monosyllables, as in brawd, " brother " from *brater; in the penult it is o, as in broder, " brothers," in the ultima aw, later o, as in pechawd, now pechod, from peccatum.

  • The penult peel goes through to 2 yds in front of rover.

  • Fergus McInnes runs penult, with two peels done.. .

  • Three times Jamieson tried to make penult with blue.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEN

Words Ending With

TLTULT

Unscrambles

penult

Words Starting With P and Ending With T

Starts With P & Ends With TStarts With PE & Ends With TStarts With P & Ends With LT

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With T