antepenultimate

a. 倒数第三音节的

发音

其它 /ˌæntɪpɪnˈʌltɪmət/

词形变化

antepenultimates 复数 antepenultimates

别名

antepaenultimate antepænultimate

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The second before the last in a series; the item preceding the penultimate and ultimate.

  2. 2.

    The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.

    语言学

    The words animal, citizen, comedy, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.

    倒数第三

    This book has ten chapters — chapter 8 is the antepenultimate one.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

antepenult antepenultima

上位词 1

syllable
形容词

近义相关 1

intermediate

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Classical Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate English antepenultimate From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”).

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