avant-dernier

French

Etymology

From avant (“before”) + dernier (“last”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃.dɛʁ.nje/

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Adjective

avant-dernier (feminine avant-dernière, masculine plural avant-derniers, feminine plural avant-dernières)

1. penultimate, second-to-last, last but one

   Synonym: pénultième

   l’avant-dernier exemple ― the second-to-last example

Further reading

• “avant-dernier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.