trisyllabic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
- Rhymes: -æbɪk
- Hyphenation: tri‧syl‧lab‧ic
Adjective[edit]
trisyllabic (not comparable)
- having three syllables
- 1980 January 20, Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, page 19:
- […] 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?
Translations[edit]
having three syllables
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Noun[edit]
trisyllabic (plural trisyllabics)