In Portuguese, every word stressed on the antepenultimate syllable has a diacritical mark.
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Antepenultimate
//ˌæntɪpɪnˈʌltɪmət//
Synonyms for "antepenultimate" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (7)
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36 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- նախավերջընթերային adj (two before the last)
Belarusian
1 entries- перадперадапошні adj (two before the last)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предпредпоследен adj (two before the last)
- предпредпоследна сричка noun (third-to-last syllable, the syllable last but two)
Catalan
1 entries- antepenúltim adj (two before the last)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 倒数第三 adj (two before the last)
Danish
2 entries- antepenultimær adj (two before the last)
- tredjesidst or trediesidst adj (two before the last)
Dutch
1 entries- derdelaatste adj (two before the last)
Faroese
1 entries- triðsíðstur adj (two before the last)
Finnish
1 entries- kolmanneksi viimeinen adj (two before the last)
French
1 entries- antépénultième adj (two before the last)
Galician
1 entries- antepenúltimo adj (two before the last)
German
4 entries- drittletzter adj (two before the last)
- vorvorletzter adj (two before the last)
- Antepänultima noun (third-to-last syllable, the syllable last but two)
- drittletzte Silbe noun (third-to-last syllable, the syllable last but two)
Greek
3 entries- αντιπροτελευταίος adj (two before the last)
- προπροτελευταίος adj (two before the last)
- αντιπροπαραλήγουσα noun (third-to-last syllable, the syllable last but two)
Hebrew
1 entries- מלעיל דמלעיל adj (two before the last)
Hungarian
1 entries- hátulról a harmadik adj (two before the last)
Italian
1 entries- terzultimo adj (two before the last)
Japanese
1 entries- 次々末 adj (two before the last)
Latin
1 entries- antepaenultimus adj (two before the last)
Macedonian
1 entries- претпретпо́следен adj (two before the last)
Polish
2 entries- przedprzedostatni adj (two before the last)
- trzeci od końca adj (two before the last)
Portuguese
1 entries- antepenúltimo adj (two before the last)
Romanian
1 entries- antepenultim adj (two before the last)
Russian
1 entries- предпредпосле́дний adj (two before the last)
Spanish
1 entries- antepenúltimo adj (two before the last)
Swedish
3 entries- näst näst sist adj (two before the last)
- nästnäst sist adj (two before the last)
- tredje från slutet adj (two before the last)
Ukrainian
1 entries- передпередоста́нній adj (two before the last)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
This book has ten chapters — chapter 8 is the antepenultimate one.
Source: wiktionary
[…] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
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The words animal, citizen, comedy, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.
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