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Penult

The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.

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Syllable 76% connected

An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a wor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Penultima 92% connected

Same as Penult.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Penultimate 92% connected

Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antepenult noun · 86% connection

the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

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Antepenultima noun · 86% connection

the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

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Antepenultimate noun · 86% connection

the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

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Reduplication noun · 86% connection

the syllable added in a reduplicated word form

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Ultima noun · 86% connection

the last syllable in a word

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Accent noun · 85% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Emphasis noun · 85% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Stress noun · 85% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Invitation noun · 84% connection

a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitat…

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allophone noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme

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Base noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Derivative noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "‘electricity’ is a derivative of ‘electric’"

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Phoneme noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

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Preposition noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or…

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Radical noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Root noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Root word noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Stem noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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-grave unknown · 78% connection

A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.

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Amphibrach noun · 78% connection

A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…

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Antimetathesis noun · 78% connection

A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…

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Catchword noun · 78% connection

Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.

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Circumflex noun · 78% connection

A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…

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Closed syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."

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Compare verb · 78% connection

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

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Complin noun · 78% connection

The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer o…

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Ecthlipsis noun · 78% connection

The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

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Elide verb · 78% connection

To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

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Elison noun · 78% connection

The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…

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Enclitical verb · 78% connection

Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose i…

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