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Penultimate
//pɪˈnʌltɪmət//
Synonyms for "penultimate" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (8)
Noun(1 words)
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66 translations across 41 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- parafundit adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Armenian
2 entries- նախավերջին adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- վերջընթեր adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Belarusian
1 entries- перадапо́шні adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предпосле́ден adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- but see последен noun (before the last)
Catalan
1 entries- penúltim adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 尾二 adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 倒數第二的 /倒数第二的 adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Czech
1 entries- předposlední adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Danish
1 entries- næstsidst adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Dutch
1 entries- voorlaatste adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Esperanto
1 entries- antaŭlasta adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Estonian
1 entries- eelviimane adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Faroese
1 entries- næstsíðstur adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Finnish
4 entries- toiseksi viimeinen adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- viimeistä edellinen adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- toiseksi viimeinen noun (before the last)
- viimeistä edellinen noun (before the last)
French
3 entries- avant-dernier adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- pénultième adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- avant-dernier noun (before the last)
Galician
2 entries- penúltimo adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- penúltimo noun (before the last)
German
2 entries- vorletzte adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- vorletzt noun (before the last)
Greek
1 entries- προτελευταίος adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Hungarian
1 entries- utolsó előtti adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Icelandic
1 entries- næstsíðastur adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Indonesian
1 entries- kedua terakhir adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Italian
2 entries- penultimo adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- penultimo noun (before the last)
Japanese
2 entries- 最後から二番目 adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- 次末 adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Latin
1 entries- paenultimus adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Lithuanian
1 entries- priešpaskutinis adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Macedonian
1 entries- претпоследен adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Malay
1 entries- praakhir adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- nest sist adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- nest siste noun (before the last)
Persian
1 entries- یکی مانده به آخر adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Polish
1 entries- przedostatni adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Portuguese
1 entries- penúltimo adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Romanian
1 entries- penultim adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Russian
2 entries- предпосле́дний adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- предпосле́дний noun (before the last)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prèdzadnjī adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- prȅtposlednjī adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- prȅtposljednjī adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- пре̏тпоследњӣ adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Slovak
1 entries- predposledný adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Slovene
1 entries- predzadnji adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Spanish
4 entries- anteúltimo adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- penúltimo adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
- anteúltimo noun (before the last)
- penúltimo noun (before the last)
Swedish
1 entries- näst sist adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Turkish
1 entries- sondan bir önceki adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Ukrainian
1 entries- передоста́нній adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Welsh
1 entries- gobennol adj (next-to-last in a sequence)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Johnny, please read the penultimate paragraph.
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This is the penultimate version of the paper.
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In Esperanto, the penultimate syllable is stressed.
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