<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.</li><li>Of or relating to a penult or the next to the last syllable in a word: In the word appropriate, -pri- is the penultimate syllable.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A penult.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>