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PENULT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does penult mean?
• PENULT (noun)
The noun PENULT has 1 sense:
1. the next to last syllable in a word
Familiarity information: PENULT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The next to last syllable in a word
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
penult; penultima; penultimate
Hypernyms ("penult" is a kind of...):
syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)
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