penultimate

Describes something that is second to last in a series or order.

• 🇫🇷Qualifie ce qui vient immédiatement avant le dernier dans une série ou un ordre.

1. Next to last C1 formal

   Immediately preceding the final item in a series; the one before the last.

   • The penultimate chapter of the book reveals the killer's identity.
   • She finished in penultimate place in the race.
   • We are now in the penultimate week of the course.

   🇫🇷avant-dernier

   Synonymes: next-to-last

• more penultimate comparative form
• most penultimate superlative form

A noun referring to the next to last syllable in a word.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'avant-dernier élément dans une série, notamment l'avant-dernière syllabe d'un mot.

1. Next to last syllable C1 formal

   The second-to-last syllable in a word, often stressed in some languages.

   • In the word 'banana', the penultimate is 'na'.
   • The stress falls on the penultimate in many Italian words.
   • Linguists often analyze the penultimate for pronunciation patterns.

   🇫🇷Avant-dernière syllabe

   Synonymes: penultpenultima

• penultimates plural form
• penultimates' possessive plural form
• penultimate's possessive singular form