'Penultimate' definitions:

Definition of 'penultimate'

From: WordNet
adjective
Next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column" [syn: penultimate, next-to-last]
noun
The next to last syllable in a word [syn: penult, penultima, penultimate]

Definition of 'Penultimate'

From: GCIDE
  • Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, a. Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Penultimate'

From: GCIDE
  • Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, n. The penult. [1913 Webster]