disyllabic

English

Alternative forms

• dissyllabic (dated, generally superseded)

Etymology

From French dissyllabique, from Latin disyllabus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /daɪsɪˈlæbɪk/

Adjective

disyllabic (not comparable)

1. Comprising two syllables.

Related terms

• disyllabicity
• disyllable

Synonyms

• bisyllabic

Translations

comprising two syllables

• Czech: dvouslabičný (cs)
• Finnish: kaksitavuinen (fi)
• French: dissyllabique (fr)
• Italian: bisillabo (it), disillabico (it)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-shiolach (gd)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дво̀сложан (sh)

  Roman: dvòsložan (sh)

• Spanish: bisílabo (es), bisilábico (es), disílabo (es), disilábico (es)
• Swedish: tvåstavig (sv)

Noun

disyllabic (plural disyllabics)

1. a word consisting of two syllables

Translations

a word consisting of two syllables

• Spanish: bisílabo (es) m