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Meaning of "antepenult" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTEPENULT

Shortened from Latin (syllaba) antepaenultima.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTEPENULT

antepenult  [ˌæntɪpɪˈnʌlt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTEPENULT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antepenult is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTEPENULT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ultima (linguistics)

In linguistics, the ultima is the last syllable of a word, the penult is the next-to-last syllable, and the antepenult is third-from-last syllable. In a word of three syllables, the names of the syllables are antepenult-penult-ultima.

Definition of antepenult in the English dictionary

The definition of antepenult in the dictionary is the third last syllable in a word.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTEPENULT


adult
ˈædʌlt
catapult
ˈkætəˌpʌlt
consult
kənˈsʌlt
cult
kʌlt
exult
ɪɡˈzʌlt
incult
ɪnˈkʌlt
indult
ɪnˈdʌlt
insult
ɪnˈsʌlt
jurisconsult
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈkɒnsʌlt
kidult
ˈkɪdʌlt
nonadult
ˌnɒnˈædʌlt
occult
ɒˈkʌlt
penult
ˈpɛnʌlt
preadult
ˌpriːəˈdʌlt
reconsult
ˌriːkənˈsʌlt
result
rɪˈzʌlt
subadult
ˌsʌbəˈdʌlt
subcult
ˈsʌbˌkʌlt
tumult
ˈtjuːmʌlt
unadult
ˌʌnəˈdʌlt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTEPENULT

antenniferous
antenniform
antennular
antennule
antenuptial
antenuptial marriage contract
anteorbital
antepast
antependia
antependium
antepenultima
antepenultimate
anteposition
anteprandial
anterior
anteriority
anteriorly
anterograde
anterograde amnesia
anteroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTEPENULT

assault
at fault
bank vault
Bidault
by default
default
difficult
electrical fault
end result
fault
Foucault
gault
judgment by default
Perrault
poult
sault
sexual assault
the pole vault
to a fault
vault

Synonyms and antonyms of antepenult in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antepenult» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTEPENULT

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Translator English - Chinese

倒数第三
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antepenult
570 millions of speakers

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antepenult
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

antepenult
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

antepenult
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

antepenult
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antepenult
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

antepenult
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antépénultième
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antepenult
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

drittletzte Silbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

antepenult
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

antepenult
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antepenult
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

antepenult
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

antepenult
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एन्प्पेनल्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antepenult
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terzultimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antepenult
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

antepenult
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antepenult
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

antepenult
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antepenult
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antepenult
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antepenult
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antepenult

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTEPENULT»

The term «antepenult» is normally little used and occupies the 127.967 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTEPENULT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antepenult

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTEPENULT»

Discover the use of antepenult in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antepenult and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Describing Spoken English: An Introduction
Words stressed on the penult or antepenult (two kinds) Penult/Antepenult-1. Nouns of more than two syllables that have a weak ult are stressed on the penult if the penult is strong, on the antepenult if the penult is weak. appendix horizon ...
Charles W. Kreidler, 2002
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A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
Polysyllables have the accent on the antepenult. ; as yes'terday, sat'ujday, cast' away, &c. ty — Words ending in cy, being in general substantives made out of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, retain the accent of their primitives ; as appliancy, ...
Thomas Sheridan, 1789
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Studies on Turkish and Turkic Languages: Proceedings of the ...
(4) a.antepenult weak, penult weak Elizabet 'Elizabeth' Doroti 'Dorothy' Amadeus 'Amadeus' b. antepenult weak, penult strong Dimitri 'Dimitri' Evangelista ' Evangelista' Leonardo 'Leonardo' c. antepenult strong, penult strong Mendelson  ...
Aslı Göksel, Celia Kerslake, 2000
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Aspects of Tone and Voice in Phuthi
Iff. (b) present indicative reduplicative lexical penult antepenult Ch.4, §4. Iff. (c) long perfective lexical antepenult antepenult Ch.4, §4. Iff. (d) present participial grammatical antepenult antepenult §6.2.1.1 (e) present relative (long) grammatical ...
Simon Scurr Donnelly, 2007
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Acomplete dictionary of the english language, both with ...
Polysyllables have the accent on the antepenult. 3 as yesfferday, sasurday, cassaway, &e. cz-Words ending in q,_ being in general substantives madeoutof verbs, nouns, or adjectives, retain the accent of their primitives z as appliancy ...
Thomas Sheridan, 1789
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Essays Philological and Critical: Selected from the Papers
This single hypothesis will be found sufficient to account for the four general laws already given. Thus : — I. "The accent cannot stand on any syllable before the antepenult." In e\e'Vero, ' was left,1 the accent (it can hardly be doubted) was ...
James Hadley, 1873
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Essays Philological and Critical Selected Froms the Papers ...
This single hypothesis will be found sufficient to account for the four general laws already given. Thus :— 1. “The accent cannot stand on any syllable before the antepenult.” In e'ker'vre'ro, ' was left,' the accent (it can hardly be 'doubted) was ...
James Hadley, 1873
8
Еρμαιον: A New and Efficient Method with Keys for Selected ...
The syllable ou-, now antepenult in cases other than N.V.A. singular, then carries the acute if the final contains a short vowel (rule of the antepenult: § 13, p. 7), which happens in ocofiaTog, c<D|i<rri, aofiaxd, ookfiaoi. Yet in oofjLaxwv, the long ...
Jean-Victor Vernhes, 2009
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A General Dictionary of the English Language
In words not thus derived the accent is thrown back to the fourth syllable} as, necromancy, chiromancy except where stopped by two consonants ; ah aristoc' racy, democracy, &c. h- Has always the accent on the antepenult. ; as, rar'efy, ed' ify, ...
Thomas Sheridan, 1780
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The Blackwell companion to phonology. 4. Phonological interfaces
The stress algorithm for Classical Arabic is given in (28) (bracketed elements included in case stress retraction is limited to the antepenult): (28) Classical Arabic stress a. Stress a pre-pausal superheavy (CVVC, CVVGG, or CVCC) syllable: ...
Marc van Oostendorp, 2011

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Antepenult [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/antepenult>. May 2024 ».
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