出典:Wiktionary
From Latin paenultimus, from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).
penultimate (not comparable)
While the Latinate penultimate is predominant in written works, the traditional English expressions for this idea were last but one and (less often) second last. Following the 1920s, American use has favored next to last to the point that last but one functions as a Britishism. Although last but one continues to be somewhat more popular in Britain, next to last, second to last, etc. have been gaining in popularity.
penultimate (複数形 penultimates)
the final installment
the last inning
the last
the last
the last extremity
前首相.
前の前の