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Revision as of 21:10, 27 January 2009 by 78.148.143.189 (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.
However, if the second syllable from the end is 'long,' then it recieves the accent.
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