penultimate
adjective /pəˈnʌltɪmət/
/pəˈnʌltɪmət/
[only before noun]- immediately before the last one
synonym next/second to last倒数第二的 - the penultimate chapter/day/stage
倒数第二章/天/阶段
Collocations DictionaryPenultimate is used with these nouns:- paragraph
词源late 17th cent.: from Latin paenultimus, from paene ‘almost’ + ultimus ‘last’, on the pattern of ultimate. - the penultimate chapter/day/stage