Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peninitial

/ˌpɛnɪˈnɪʃəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-ini-tial
IPA: /ˌpɛnɪˈnɪʃəl/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Falling in the position after initial position; second.

Example Sentences

"In examples (81) and (82), the postpositive possessives do not occupy the peninitial position in the clause, nor the peninitial position of the NP."
"Because the factors conditioning edge repulsion of the pitch peak are relatively weak at the left edge, it is not surprising that peninitial prominence is rare cross-linguistically."
"I have empirically established that there were two canonical constructions available in IE languages: a head initial and a head peninitial one, the latter with the two mono- and polysydentic subtypes."

Etymology

Blend of penultimate + initial, treating pen- (from Latin paene (“almost”)) as a prefix.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: paene

Rhymes With

noninitial nonsuperficial parajudicial

Questions

How do you pronounce peninitial?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɛnɪˈnɪʃəl/.
What does peninitial mean?: Falling in the position after initial position; second.
Where does peninitial come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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