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Added 10 October 2026

preantepenultimate

/ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about preantepenultimate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Synonym of preantepenult (“the last syllable but three of a word or other utterance; the fourth-to-last syllable”). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

adjective

Three before the end; fourth to last.

Origin

From pre- (prefix meaning ‘physically in front of, before’) + antepenultimate (“(adjective) two before the last in a series; (noun) the second before the last in a series; (phonetics) syllable that comes two before the last in a word”).

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