Standard Lemma guide

propreantepenultimate

adj · 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: prō'prēăn'tĭpĭnŭlʹtĭmət
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/
  • General-American: /ˌpɹoʊpɹiˌæn(t)ipəˈnʌltɪmət/
  • General-American: /-(t)ə-/
  • rhymes with -ʌltɪmət

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adj

Meaning 1

The last syllable but four (of a word or other utterance).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

Examples

  • The word minimalism is stressed on its propreantepenultimate syllable.
  • 1825, Samuel Oliver, A General, Critical Grammar of the Inglish Language, pages 269(1) and 270(2) (1) In its minute divisions, accent is ultimate, penultimate, antepenultimate, preantepenultimate, propreantepenultimate. (2) The propreantepenultimate accent is the accent on the last syllable but four.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in 1825; formed as pro- + preantepenultimate; compare the later propreantepenult (1893).

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предпредпредпредпоследен (predpredpredpredposleden) — four before the end; fifth to last
  • German: vorvorvorvorletzter — four before the end; fifth to last
  • German: fünftletzter — four before the end; fifth to last
  • Hungarian: hátulról az ötödik — four before the end; fifth to last
  • Italian: quintultimo — four before the end; fifth to last
  • Russian: предпредпредпредпоследний (predpredpredpredposlednij) — four before the end; fifth to last
  • Swedish: nästnästnästnäst sist — four before the end; fifth to last
  • Swedish: näst näst näst näst sist — four before the end; fifth to last
  • Swedish: femte från slutet — four before the end; fifth to last