trisyllabic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (Australia)
- /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English syllabic English trisyllabic From tri- + syllabic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) having three syllables
[…] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?
1980 January 20, Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, page 19 (pdf):
Deriveds
trisyllabicity · trisyllabically
Translations (21)
tr üç heceli (having three syllables) · pt trissílabo (having three syllables) · nl drielettergrepig (having three syllables) · nl trisyllabisch (having three syllables) · mk трисложен (having three syllables) · el τρισύλλαβος (having three syllables) · ru трёхсложный (having three syllables) · hy եռավանկ (having three syllables) · hu három szótagú/szótagos (having three syllables) · pt trissilábico (having three syllables) · fi kolmitavuinen (having three syllables) · eo trisilaba (having three syllables) · uk трискладо́вий (having three syllables) · cs trojslabičný (having three syllables) · pl trzysylabowy (having three syllables) · de dreisilbig (having three syllables) · be трохскладо́вы (having three syllables) · mk тросложен (having three syllables) · it trisillabico (having three syllables) · br teirsilabennek (having three syllables) · gv treeheelagh (having three syllables)