Thesaurus: penult
The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.
Related headwords
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Definitions
- n. The word/last">last word/syllable">syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.
- n. the word/next">next to word/last">last syllable in a word
- The word/last">last word/syllable">syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.
- The word/last">last word/syllable">syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding thefinal one.
- n. the word/next">next to word/last">last syllable in a word