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antepenult

/ˌæn.ti.pɪˈnʌlt/

翻译: 名词,指一个词从末尾往前数的第三个音节。

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noun

/ˌæn.ti.pɪˈnʌlt/C2formal
  • zh名词,指一个词从末尾往前数的第三个音节。

A noun referring to the third syllable from the end of a word, counting backward from the final syllable.

  1. Third-to-last syllableC2formal

    The third syllable from the end of a word, used in phonetics and prosody.

    zh倒数第三音节

    • In the word 'banana', the antepenult is 'na'.
    • The stress in 'photography' falls on the antepenult.
    • Linguists often analyze the antepenult in poetic meter.

    同义词antepenultimaantepenultimate

词形
  • antepenults plural form
  • antepenults' possessive plural form
  • antepenult's possessive singular form