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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespenúltimo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /peˈnul.ti.mo/
"El penúltimo episodio de la serie fue emocionante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Last but one in a series of things; second to last.
"The team scored the winning goal in the penultimate minute of the match."
- 1
The penultimate element or member of a series.
"In the word 'banana', the penultimate is 'n'."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'paenultimus', combining 'paene' meaning 'almost' and 'ultimus' meaning 'last'. Entering English in the mid-17th century, it was initially used primarily in grammar and prosody to describe the second-to-last syllable of a word before broadening to general sequential use.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Penultimate" is said worldwide
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pénultième
Transliteration: /pe.nyl.tjɛm/
"C'est l'avant-dernier chapitre du livre."
vorletzte
Transliteration: /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlɛtstə/
"Das ist die vorletzte Station auf unserer Reise."
penultimo
Transliteration: /peˈnul.ti.mo/
"Viviamo nel penultimo piano del palazzo."
penúltimo
Transliteration: /peˈnul.ti.mo/
"El penúltimo episodio de la serie fue emocionante."
penúltimo
Transliteration: /peˈnultimu/
"Ele chegou no penúltimo lugar."
अंतिम से दूसरा
Transliteration: antim se doosra
"यह उपन्यास का अंतिम से दूसरा अध्याय है।"
倒数第二
Transliteration: dào shǔ dì èr
"这是该系列的倒数第二集。"
끝에서 두 번째의
Transliteration: kkeuteseo du beonjjaeui
"우리는 끝에서 두 번째 정류장에서 내렸다."
最後から2番目の
Transliteration: saigo kara nibanme no
"彼は最後から2番目の問題で間違えた。"
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