trisyllabic

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English

Etymology

tri- +‎ syllabic

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: 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): /ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Rhymes: -æbɪk
Hyphenation: tri‧syl‧lab‧ic

Adjective

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

having three syllables

Armenian: եռավանկ (hy) (eṙavank)
Czech: trojslabičný
Dutch: drielettergrepig, trisyllabisch
Esperanto: trisilaba
Finnish: kolmitavuinen
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
German: dreisilbig (de)
Hungarian: három szótagú/szótagos
Italian: trisillabico m
Manx: treeheelagh
Russian: трёхсложный (ru) (trjóxsložnyj)

Noun

trisyllabic (plural trisyllabics)

a word comprising three syllables

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