polysyllabic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɒl.ɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌpɑ.li.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
- (Canada) audio non-native speaker
- audio North Carolina
- /ˌpɔl.ɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (Australia)
- /ˌpɒl.i.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (Boston, Canada, Maine)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English syllabic English polysyllabic From poly- + syllabic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a word) Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables.
"Antidisestablishmentarianism" definitely qualifies as a polysyllabic word.
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(not-comparable, of spoken or written language) Characterized by or consisting of words having numerous syllables.
I have a particularly off-putting predilection for the utilization of ponderously polysyllabic linguistic constructions.
Antonyms
Deriveds
hyperpolysyllabic · polysyllabically · nonpolysyllabic
Relateds
polysyllable · polysyllabicity · polysyllabism · polysyllabicism
Synonyms
multisyllabic (of a word)
Translations (37)
gv yl-heelagh (having more than one syllable) · cs víceslabičný (having more than one syllable) · vi nhiều âm tiết (having more than one syllable) · de mehrsilbig (having more than one syllable) · vi đa âm tiết (having more than one syllable) · nl meerlettergrepig (having more than one syllable) · fi monitavuinen (having more than one syllable) · pl wielosylabowy (having more than one syllable) · bg многосри́чен (having more than one syllable) · it polisillabo (having more than one syllable) · tr çok heceli (having more than one syllable) · es polisílabo (having more than one syllable) · ko 다음절의 (having more than one syllable) · ca polisíl·lab (having more than one syllable) · gd ioma-lideach (having more than one syllable) · sk viacslabičný (having more than one syllable) · ga ilsiollach (having more than one syllable) · uk багатоскладо́вий (having more than one syllable) · de vielsilbig (having more than one syllable) · cs mnohoslabičný (having more than one syllable) · ja 多音節 (having more than one syllable) · hu több szótagú/szótagos (having more than one syllable) · pt polissilábico (having more than one syllable) · it polisillabico (having more than one syllable) · pt polissílabo (having more than one syllable) · it plurisillabo (having more than one syllable) · mk повеќесложен (having more than one syllable) · lt daugiaskiemenis (having more than one syllable) · cmn 多音節的 /多音节的 (having more than one syllable) · ca polisil·làbic (having more than one syllable) · fo við fleiri stavilsum (having more than one syllable) · hy բազմավանկ (having more than one syllable) · ru многосло́жный (having more than one syllable) · sv flerstavig (having more than one syllable) · el πολυσύλλαβος (having more than one syllable) · be шматскладо́вы (having more than one syllable) · fr polysyllabique (having more than one syllable)