ANTEPENULTIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antepenultima mean? 

• ANTEPENULTIMA (noun)
  The noun ANTEPENULTIMA has 1 sense:

1. the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

  Familiarity information: ANTEPENULTIMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTEPENULTIMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

antepenult; antepenultima; antepenultimate

Hypernyms ("antepenultima" is a kind of...):

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)

Derivation:

antepenultimate (third from last)