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Penultimate

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

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Intermediate 84% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Intermediate 84% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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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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Penult 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Penultima 92% connected

Same as Penult.

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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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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Apocopate verb · 78% connection

To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

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Apocope noun · 78% connection

The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

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Baritone adjective · 78% connection

Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

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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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Darrein adjective · 78% connection

Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.

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Gallyambic adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.

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Heavy syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…

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Iambic adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

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