a, e, l, n, p, m, t, i, u are letters that make 'penultimate'
MA, MAT, pe, ti, te, pen, ma, ultimate, ultima, penult, penultima, nu, at, en, mA, mat, ult, mate, Ate, At, Te, Ti are words within 'penultimate'
2 possible definitions for 'penultimate'
Under this definition, penultimate is a noun and has the following properties:
'penultimate' can be a type of syllable.
Under this definition, penultimate is an adjective and has the following properties:
next-to-last has the same meaning as penultimate
intermediate is similar to penultimate.
"the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter", "the figures in the next-to-last column"