heterosyllabic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English syllabic English heterosyllabic From hetero- + syllabic.
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(not-comparable) Not occurring in the same syllable.
In fact, it is a question of two –heterosyllabic– consonants, whereby the neutral Italian structure could not tolerate more complicated sequences, as they would make these syllables too heavy to pronounce.
2005, Luciano Canepari, A Handbook of Pronunciation, Lincom Europa, →ISBN, page 137:
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Translations (2)
es heterosilábico (not occurring in the same syllable) · sh heterosilàbičkī (not occurring in the same syllable)