antepenult
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English
Etymology
Either formed from ante- + penult and modelled on Latin or a shortening of Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌantɪpɪˈnʌlt/
Noun
antepenult (plural antepenults)
- The third-to-last syllable of a word.
- Synonym: antepenultimate
- 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 110:
- This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]
Coordinate terms
- (names of syllables): ultima, ult (last); penultima, penultimate, penult (last but one); antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (last but two); preantepenultima (præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (last but three); propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (last but four)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “antepenult, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, archived from the original on 2023-11-04.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “antepenult (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “antepenultimate (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
