noun
- the last syllable of a word
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- In the word ‘computer,’ the ultima is ‘ter.’
- The stress falls on the ultima in many French words.
- Students of phonetics learn to identify the ultima, penult, and antepenult.
- The ultima in ‘banana’ is the syllable ‘na.’
- Latin poetry often depends on whether the ultima is long or short.
- The teacher explained that the ultima is simply the word’s final syllable.