penult penuchi • penultima · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · penult · · Text Latin · · Script 6 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) the next to last syllable in a word. Synonyms: penultima, penultimate. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · penultima · · Synonym 1 penultimate · · Synonym 2 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075