名詞 penult:

1. the next to last syllable in a word
   同義詞：penultima, penultimate

pe.nult

n.（名詞）
The next to the last item in a series.
倒數第二的：一個系列中最后一項的上一項
Linguistics The next to the last syllable in a word.
【語言學】 詞中倒數第二音節(jié)的

來源：
Short for penultima
penultima的簡寫
from Latin paenultima [feminine of] paenultimus [next to last]
源自 拉丁語 paenultima [] paenultimus的陰性詞 [最后一個的前一個]
paene [almost]
paene [幾乎]
ultimus [last] * see ultimate
ultimus [最后] *參見 ultimate