The third syllable from the end of a word; also called the antepenultimate syllable.
From Latin 'ante' (before) + 'penultima' (the next-to-last), meaning literally 'before the penultimate' or 'before the second-to-last.'
Linguists use antepenuit to analyze stress patterns—in English words like 'MEDical' and 'RELative,' the stress often falls on the antepenuit, which is why these words sound different from their noun forms.
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