ultima, ultimate stress: The ultima is the last syllable of a word, and ultimate stress is stress that falls on the ultima. For example, in most American English the verb "permit" has ultimate stress (permít) while the noun "permit" has penultimate stress (pérmit) See also: antepenult, antepenultimate stress. [Spanish: último, agudo [1]]
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