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imparisyllabic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˌpæɹɪsɪˈlæbɪk/
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Etymology

From Latin impar (“unequal”) + syllabic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis.

Antonyms

parisyllabic

Translations (6)

hu egyenlőtlen szótagszámú (not having the same number of syllables) · el ανισοσύλλαβος (not having the same number of syllables) · pt imparissilábico (not having the same number of syllables) · de ungleichsilbig (not having the same number of syllables) · pt imparissílabo (not having the same number of syllables) · la perittosyllabus (not having the same number of syllables)

imparisyllabic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˌpæɹɪsɪˈlæbɪk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin impar (“unequal”) + syllabic.

Meanings

1. An imparisyllabic noun.
   • An adjectival type corresponding phonetically to the masculine third declension imparisyllabics is represented by some O.F. survivals of Latin comparative forms 1974 (revised 1989), Peter Rickard, A History of the French Language, Routledge 2002, pp. 50-1

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