endecasillabo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκᾰσύλλᾰβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) +‎ συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en.de.kaˈsil.la.bo/, /ˌɛn.de.kaˈsil.la.bo/
• Rhymes: -illabo
• Hyphenation: en‧de‧ca‧sìl‧la‧bo

Adjective

endecasillabo (feminine endecasillaba, masculine plural endecasillabi, feminine plural endecasillabe)

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Noun

endecasillabo m (plural endecasillabi)

1. A line of verse, containing from ten to sixteen syllables, in which the stress falls on the tenth syllable (in classical Italian verse)

Related terms

• decasillabo
• novenario
• ottonario
• quaternario
• quinario
• senario
• settenario
• ternario

 

Further reading

• endecasillabo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• endecasillabo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• endecasillabo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• endecasìllabo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• endecasìllabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana