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Galician
Etymology
Latin paenultimus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
penúltimo (feminine penúltima, masculine plural penúltimos, feminine plural penúltimas)
- penultimate
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin paenultimus (“penultimate”), from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe‧núl‧ti‧mo
Adjective
penúltimo (feminine penúltima, masculine plural penúltimos, feminine plural penúltimas, not comparable)
- penultimate (the next-to-last in a sequence)
Coordinate terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin paenultimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈnultimo/
- Rhymes: -ultimo
- Syllabification: pe‧núl‧ti‧mo
Adjective
penúltimo (feminine penúltima, masculine plural penúltimos, feminine plural penúltimas)
- penultimate
- Synonym: anteúltimo
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