penultimate

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• /pɪˈnʌltɪmət/
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Etymology tree Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate From Latin paenultimus (“penultimate”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”). Equivalent to pene- + ultimate. Compare French pénultième.

From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Latin paenultimus + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: parafundit — next-to-last in a sequence
• Armenian: նախավերջին (naxaverǰin) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Armenian: վերջընթեր (verǰəntʻer) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Belarusian: перадапо́шні (pjeradapóšni) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Bulgarian: предпосле́ден (predposléden) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Catalan: penúltim — next-to-last in a sequence
• Chinese Cantonese: 尾二 (mei1 ji2) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Chinese Mandarin: 倒數第二的 /倒数第二的 (dàoshǔ dì'èr de) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Czech: předposlední — next-to-last in a sequence
• Danish: næstsidst — next-to-last in a sequence
• Dutch: voorlaatste — next-to-last in a sequence
• Esperanto: antaŭlasta — next-to-last in a sequence
• Estonian: eelviimane — next-to-last in a sequence
• Faroese: næstsíðstur — next-to-last in a sequence
• Finnish: toiseksi viimeinen — next-to-last in a sequence
• Finnish: viimeistä edellinen — next-to-last in a sequence
• French: avant-dernier — next-to-last in a sequence
• French: pénultième — next-to-last in a sequence
• Galician: penúltimo — next-to-last in a sequence
• German: vorletzte — next-to-last in a sequence
• Greek: προτελευταίος (proteleftaíos) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Hungarian: utolsó előtti — next-to-last in a sequence
• Icelandic: næstsíðastur — next-to-last in a sequence
• Indonesian: kedua terakhir — next-to-last in a sequence
• Italian: penultimo — next-to-last in a sequence
• Japanese: 最後から二番目 (saigo kara ni-banme) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Japanese: 次末 (jimatsu) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Latin: paenultimus — next-to-last in a sequence
• Lithuanian: priešpaskutinis — next-to-last in a sequence
• Macedonian: претпоследен (pretposleden) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Malay: praakhir — next-to-last in a sequence
• Norwegian Bokmål: nest sist — next-to-last in a sequence
• Persian: یکی مانده به آخر (yeki-mânde-be-âxar) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Polish: przedostatni — next-to-last in a sequence
• Portuguese: penúltimo — next-to-last in a sequence
• Romanian: penultim — next-to-last in a sequence
• Russian: предпосле́дний (predposlédnij) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Serbo-Croatian: пре̏тпосљедњӣ — next-to-last in a sequence
• Serbo-Croatian: пре̏тпоследњӣ — next-to-last in a sequence
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐдзадњӣ — next-to-last in a sequence
• Serbo-Croatian: prȅtposljednjī — next-to-last in a sequence
• Serbo-Croatian: prȅtposlednjī — next-to-last in a sequence
• Serbo-Croatian: prèdzadnjī — next-to-last in a sequence
• Slovak: predposledný — next-to-last in a sequence
• Slovene: predzadnji — next-to-last in a sequence
• Spanish: penúltimo — next-to-last in a sequence
• Spanish: anteúltimo — next-to-last in a sequence
• Swedish: näst sist — next-to-last in a sequence
• Turkish: sondan bir önceki — next-to-last in a sequence
• Ukrainian: передоста́нній (peredostánnij) — next-to-last in a sequence
• Welsh: gobennol — next-to-last in a sequence
• Bulgarian: but see последен (posleden) — before the last
• Finnish: toiseksi viimeinen — before the last
• Finnish: viimeistä edellinen — before the last
• French: avant-dernier — before the last
• Galician: penúltimo — before the last
• German: vorletzt — before the last
• Italian: penultimo — before the last
• Norwegian Bokmål: nest siste — before the last
• Russian: предпосле́дний (predposlédnij) — before the last
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐдзадњӣ — before the last
• Serbo-Croatian: пре̏тпоследњӣ — before the last
• Serbo-Croatian: prèdzadnjī — before the last
• Serbo-Croatian: prȅtposlednjī — before the last
• Spanish: penúltimo — before the last
• Spanish: anteúltimo — before the last