pénultième

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenultimus, from paene (almost) + ultimus (last) (whence French ultime), with change of ending by analogy with the ordinal numerals (troisième, quatrième, etc.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.nyl.tjɛm/
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Adjective

pénultième (plural pénultièmes)

  1. penultimate

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