Definitions Found:
the last syllable of a word
- ultimathe last syllable of a word
- ultimasthe last syllable of a word
- ultimathe last syllable of a word
- ultimasULTIMA, the last syllable of a word
- apocopationthe cutting off of the last sound or syllable of a word
- apocopationsAPOCOPATION, the cutting off of the last sound or syllable of a word
- apocopeloss or omission of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word
- apocopesloss or omission of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word
- penultthe next to last syllable in a word
- penultsthe next to the last syllable in a word
- oxytonea word having heavy stress on the last syllable
- penultsPENULT, the next to last syllable in a word
- penultthe next to the last syllable in a word
- oxytonesOXYTONE, a word having heavy stress on the last syllable
- proparoxytonein ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable
- proparoxytonesPROPAROXYTONE, in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable
- medialwithin a word or syllable; neither first nor last, as the t and a in star
- antepenultthe antepenultimate (third from last) syllable or word
- antepenultsANTEPENULT, the antepenultimate (third from last) syllable or word
- catalecticsCATALECTIC, a line of verse lacking one syllable in the last foot
- catalectic(of a metrical line of verse) Lacking one syllable in the last foot
- catalexisThe absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
- catalecticlacking one syllable in the last foot / a line of verse lacking one syllable in the last foot
- pararhymea form of rhyme in which the consonants but not the vowels of the last stressed syllable are identical
- pararhymesPARARHYME, a form of rhyme in which the consonants but not the vowels of the last stressed syllable are identical
- catalexisthe condition of being catalectic, lacking one syllable in the last foot
- catalexesCATALEXIS, the condition of being catalectic, lacking one syllable in the last foot
- mediala sound, syllable or letter in the middle of a word
- medialsMEDIAL, a sound, syllable or letter in the middle of a word
- recessive(of the stress on a word or phrase) Tending to fall on the first syllable
- aphereticrelating to apheresis, the taking away of a syllable at the beginning of a word also APHAERETIC
- terminationsThe final letter or letters or syllable of a word, esp. when constituting an element in inflection or derivation
- terminationThe final letter or letters or syllable of a word, esp. when constituting an element in inflection or derivation
- prosthesisThe addition of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escribo derived from Latin scribo
- prosthesesThe addition of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escribo derived from Latin scribo
- haplologyThe omission of an occurrence of a sound or syllable that is repeated within a word, e.g., in probly for probably
- haplologiesThe omission of an occurrence of a sound or syllable that is repeated within a word, e.g., in probly for probably
- aphaeresisthe omission of a letter, sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, eg as k-nife becoming nife also APHERESIS
- apheresisthe omission of a letter, sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, eg as k-nife becoming nife also APHAERESIS
- apheresesAPHERESIS, the omission of a letter, sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, eg as k-nife becoming nife also APHAERESIS