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Revision as of 17:49, 24 April 2007 by 72.234.156.209 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In linguistics, the antepenult is the antepenultimate syllable of a word (e.g. "-dic-" is the antepenult of "per-pen-dic-ul-ar"). The antepenult precedes the penult or second-to-last syllable which, in turn, precedes the ultimate or final syllable.
In other words, third to last syllable of a word.
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