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heterosyllabic

heterosyllabic adjective: not occurring in the same syllable.

Adjective

heterosyllabic (not comparable)

  1. Not occurring in the same syllable.
    • In fact, it is a question of two –heterosyllabic– consonants, whereby the neutral Italian structure could not tolerate more complicated sequences, as they would make these syllables too heavy to pronounce.2005, Luciano Canepari, A Handbook of Pronunciation, Lincom Europa, →ISBN, page 137
    Antonyms:
    tautosyllabic

Antonyms of heterosyllabic

Origin of heterosyllabic

From hetero- + syllabic.

Words formed from heterosyllabic

Questions about heterosyllabic

What does heterosyllabic mean?
Heterosyllabic means not occurring in the same syllable.
What part of speech is heterosyllabic?
Heterosyllabic is an adjective.

Words near heterosyllabic in the dictionary

  1. heterosuggestions
  2. heterosulfide
  3. heterosulfides
  4. heterosupramolecular
  5. heterosupremacy
  6. heterosyllabic
  7. heterosyllabically
  8. heterosynaptic
  9. heterosynaptically
  10. heterosynkaryon
  11. heterosynkaryons

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