preantepenultimate

发音

UK /ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/
US /ˌpɹiˌæn(t)ipəˈnʌltɪmət/
US /-(t)ə-/

词形变化

preantepenultimates 复数 preantepenultimates

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of preantepenult (“the last syllable but three of a word or other utterance; the fourth-to-last syllable”).

    废旧 罕用 语言学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Three before the end; fourth to last.

    生物 语言学

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- 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 English preantepenultimate From pre- (prefix meaning ‘physically in front of, before’) + antepenultimate (“(adjective) two before the last in a series; (noun) the second before the last in a series; (phonetics) syllable that comes two before the last in a word”).

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