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penultimate in Japanese

penultimate in Japanese is 次末, 最後から二番目 — penultimate means next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

penultimate in Japanese

次末
adj
(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
最後から二番目
adj
(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

What does "penultimate" mean?

  1. adj Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
  2. adj Of or pertaining to a penult.
  3. adj Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
  4. adj pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality
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What is "penultimate" in Japanese?

"penultimate" in Japanese is 次末, 最後から二番目. penultimate means: Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

Are there other ways to say "penultimate" in Japanese?

Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "penultimate": 次末, 最後から二番目.

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