noun
- Plural of antepenult; the third syllable from the end of a word.
Usage: linguistics; also called antepenultimate syllable
Examples
- In the word 'photography,' the antepenults is the 'tog' syllable.
- The stress in many English words falls on the antepenults rather than the final syllable.
- Linguists study antepenults to understand syllable stress patterns across languages.
- The antepenults of 'America' receives the primary stress in standard pronunciation.