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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Synonym of antepenultimate: two places before last..
“Halnaker is the family name?” “Yes. Spelt H-a-l-n-a-k-e-r and pronounced Hannaker, with the accent on the Hann—the pro-penultimate, as we were taught to call it at school. The propenultimate, if you please. What unmitigated nonsense! Why not the last-but-two?”
In Latin polysyllabic words are stressed on the penultimate syllable if this is long; otherwise on the propenultimate syllable, provided that there is one.
Use propenultimate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Propenultimate means (rare) Synonym of antepenultimate: two places before last..
Common synonyms include antepenultimate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Halnaker is the family name?” “Yes. Spelt H-a-l-n-a-k-e-r and pronounced Hannaker, with the accent on the Hann—the pro-penultimate, as we were taught to call it at school. The propenultimate, if you please. What unmitigated nonsense! Why not the last-but-two?”
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