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/

Adjective

pénultième (plural pénultièmes)

penultimate

Derived terms

antépénultième

Further reading

“pénultième” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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