hendecasyllabic

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "AusE" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /henˌdek.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Rhymes: -æbɪk

Adjective

hendecasyllabic (not comparable)

Having eleven syllables.

Translations

having eleven syllables

Catalan: hendecasíl·lab (ca)
Dutch: elflettergrepig
Finnish: yksitoistatavuinen
Galician: hendecasílabo
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German: elfsilbig
Hungarian: tizenegy szótagú/szótagos
Portuguese: hendecassílabo
Spanish: endecasílabo (es)

Noun

hendecasyllabic (plural hendecasyllabics)

A word or line of eleven syllables.

Related terms

hendecasyllable

Further reading

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Hendecasyllabics

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