Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ANTEPENULTIMATE
antepenultimate
(adjective) third from last
antepenult, antepenultima, antepenultimate
(noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
ante- meaning before, pen- from the Latin paene meaning almost, and ultimate from the Latin ultimus meaning last
Adjective
antepenultimate (not comparable)
Two before the last, i.e, the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.
Synonyms
• peripenultimate
• propenultimate
• third last
• third to last
Coordinate terms
• (adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (last), penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)
Noun
antepenultimate (plural antepenultimates)
Two before the last in a series. e.g. (.., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)
The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.
Source: Wiktionary
An`te*pe*nult"i*mate, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.
– n.
Definition: The antepenult.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
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