antepenultima
/ˌæntɪpəˈnʌltɪmə/
noun
- The third-to-last syllable in a word; same as antepenult.
- Linguists often refer to the antepenultima when describing word stress patterns.
- In the word 'incredible', the antepenultima is the syllable 'in'.
- The teacher explained that the stress in 'democracy' falls on the antepenultima.
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