English Dictionary

penultimate

/pɪˈnʌltɪmət/

noun

(obsolete, rare) The penultimate day of a month. / (linguistics, literature, uncommon) The penultimate syllable of a word or metrical line.

The penultimate chapter of the book was filled with suspense.

意味（1）

(obsolete, rare) The penultimate day of a month.

At Woodstock, the penultimate of August.

意味（2）

(linguistics, literature, uncommon) The penultimate syllable of a word or metrical line.

Antepenultimate is that before the Penultimate, or the last but two.

意味（3）

(mathematics, obsolete, rare) The penultimate element of a collection of curves.

意味（4）

(card games, uncommon) The penultimate (next to lowest) card in a suit.

Penultimate, the. — Beginning with the lowest card but one of the suit you lead originally, if it contains more than four cards.