propreantepenultimate
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English
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| Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifth Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate Adverbial: five times Multiplier: fivefold Latinate multiplier: quintuple Distributive: quintuply Germanic collective: fivesome Collective of n parts: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek or Latinate collective: pentad Greek collective prefix: penta- Latinate collective prefix: quinque- Fractional: fifth Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek prefix: pempto- Number of musicians: quintet Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum | ||
Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1825; formed as pro- + preantepenultimate; compare the later propreantepenult (1893).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: prō'prēăn'tĭpĭnŭlʹtĭmət, IPA(key): /ˌpɹəʊpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/
Adjective
[edit]propreantepenultimate (not comparable)
- (rare) The last syllable but four (of a word or other utterance).
- 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.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (last), penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), preantepenultimate (last but three)
Translations
[edit]four before the end; fifth to last
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