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disyllable

UK/daɪˈsɪləbəɫ//ˈdī-ˌsi-lə-bəl/

disyllable noun: a word comprising two syllables.

Noun

disyllable (plural disyllables)

  1. A word comprising two syllables.
    • He felt as if the play itself penetrated him with the naked elbow of his neighbour, a great stripped, handsome, red-haired lady, who conversed with a gentleman on her other side in stray dissyllables which had for his ear, in the oddest way in the world, so much sound that he wondered they hadn't...1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    duosyllable

disyllable meaning in Tamil

disyllable in Tamil

ஈரசைச்சீர்

Synonyms of disyllable

Forms of disyllable

pluraldisyllables
alternative formdissyllable

Origin of disyllable

From di- + syllable.

Words formed from disyllable

Questions about disyllable

What does disyllable mean?
Disyllable means a word comprising two syllables.
What is disyllable in Tamil?
Disyllable in Tamil is ஈரசைச்சீர். See Disyllable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disyllable?
Disyllable is a noun.
How do you pronounce disyllable?
Disyllable is pronounced /daɪˈsɪləbəɫ/ (UK).
What is the plural of disyllable?
The plural of disyllable is disyllables.

Words near disyllable in the dictionary

  1. disyllabism
  2. disyllabize
  3. disyllabized
  4. disyllabizes
  5. disyllabizing
  6. disyllable
  7. disyllables
  8. disynaptic
  9. disynaptically
  10. disyndiotactic
  11. disyoke

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disyllable (page history and authors); disyllable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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