pénultième
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)
- penultimate
Derived terms
- antépénultième
Further reading
- “pénultième”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.