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ultimo

/ˈʌltɪməʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
ul-ti-mo
IPA
/ˈʌltɪməʊ/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

On the last day (of a specified month).

Obsolete

adv

Of last month.

noun

= The ultimum; the final, ultimate point of a sequence.

Obsolete

name

A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

First attested in 1582; from Latin ultimō (elliptically for ultimō diē or ultimō mēnse), masculine ablative singular form of ultimus (“last”); cognate with Dutch ultimo, the German ultimo, the Swedish ultimo, etc.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ultimō, ultimo, último

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈʌltɪməʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

vltimo (alternative, obsolete) ult. (alternative, abbreviation) ulto (alternative, contraction)

Frequently Paired Words

instant proximo

Synonyms

ult

Questions

How do you pronounce ultimo?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌltɪməʊ/.
What does ultimo mean?
On the last day (of a specified month).
Where does ultimo come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce ultimo

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