Standard Lemma guide

propreantepenult

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌpɹəʊpɹiːˌantɪpɪˈnʌlt/
  • UK: /ˌpɹəʊpɹiːˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/
  • US: /ˌpɹoʊpɹiˌantiˈpiˌnʌlt/
  • US: /ˌpɹoʊpɹiˌantɪˈpiˌnʌlt/
  • US: /ˌpɹoʊpɹiˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/
  • rhymes with -ʌlt
  • rhymes with -iːnʌlt

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noun

Meaning 1

The last syllable but four; the fifth-to-last syllable (of a word or other utterance); a word’s or other utterance’s propreantepenultimate syllable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: no-plural, rare

Examples

  • The word dis·ín·te·res·ted·ly is stressed on the propreantepenult.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in 1893; formed as pro- + preantepenult; compare the earlier propreantepenultimate (1825).