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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sesquisyllabic en · ADJ

Etymology

From sesqui- (“one and a half”) + syllabic.

Meanings

(not-comparable, of a word) Consisting of a minor syllable plus a full syllable.
(not-comparable, of a language) Characterized by such words, as Cambodian or Burmese.

Deriveds

sesquisyllabicity

Translations (2)

fr sesquisyllabique (consisting of a minor syllable plus a full syllable) · nl sesquisyllabisch (consisting of a minor syllable plus a full syllable)