disyllabic

English

Alternative forms

• dissyllabic (dated, generally superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French dissyllabique, from Latin disyllabus, equivalent to di- +‎ syllabic.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌdɑɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

Adjective

disyllabic (not comparable)

1. Comprising two syllables.

Synonyms

• bisyllabic

Derived terms

• disyllabically

Related terms

• disyllabicity
• disyllable

Translations

comprising two syllables

• Belarusian: двухскладо́вы (dvuxskladóvy)
• Breton: divsilabennek (br)
• Catalan: disíl·lab (ca), disil·làbic
• Czech: dvouslabičný (cs)
• Dutch: tweelettergrepig, tweesyllabisch
• Faroese: við tveimum stavilsum, tvístavilsis-
• Finnish: kaksitavuinen
• French: dissyllabique (fr), bisyllabique (fr)
• Galician: bisílabo (gl)
• German: zweisilbig (de)
• Greek: δισύλλαβος (el) (disýllavos)

  Ancient Greek: δισύλλαβος (disúllabos), δισσύλλαβος (dissúllabos)

• Hungarian: két szótagú/szótagos
• Interlingua: bisyllabe
• Irish: déshiollach
• Italian: bisillabo, disillabico
• Macedonian: двосложен (dvosložen)
• Polish: dwusylabowy (pl), dwuzgłoskowy (pl)
• Portuguese: dissílabo (pt), dissilábico
• Russian: двусло́жный (ru) (dvuslóžnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-shiolach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дво̀сложан

  Latin: dvòsložan (sh)

• Spanish: bisílabo (es), bisilábico (es), disílabo (es), disilábico (es)
• Swedish: tvåstavig (sv)
• Ukrainian: двоскладо́вий (dvoskladóvyj)
• Vietnamese: song tiết
• Welsh: deusill, deusillafog (cy)

Noun

disyllabic (plural disyllabics)

1. A word consisting of two syllables.

Translations

a word consisting of two syllables

• Galician: bisílabo (gl)
• Irish: déshiollach m
• Portuguese: dissílabo (pt) m
• Spanish: bisílabo (es) m, disílabo (es) m
• Welsh: deusill m