Number of syllables in the word 'penultimate'

Find out how many syllables are there in the word penultimate.

  1. No of syllables in penultimate : 4
  2. Divide syllables in penultimate : pe-nul-ti-mate

More about the word - penultimate

  1. noun
  2. Synonyms : penult
  3. Definition : A penult, a next-to-last thing, particularly:
  1. adjective
  2. Synonyms : but, last, last but one, next to last, next-to-last, one
  3. Definition : (in United States usually formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
  4. Definition : Of or pertaining to a penult.
  5. Definition : Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.

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