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sesquisyllabe

sesquisyllabe is the alternative form of sesquisyllable.

Meaning of sesquisyllable

Noun

sesquisyllable (plural sesquisyllables)

  1. A prosodic word consisting of an unstressed “minor” syllable followed by a stressed “major” syllable.

Forms of sesquisyllabe

pluralsesquisyllabes

Questions about sesquisyllabe

What is sesquisyllabe the alternative form of?
Sesquisyllabe is the alternative form of sesquisyllable.

Words near sesquisyllabe in the dictionary

  1. sesquisulfides
  2. sesquisulphate
  3. sesquisulphates
  4. sesquisulphide
  5. sesquisulphides
  6. sesquisyllabe
  7. sesquisyllabic
  8. sesquisyllabicity
  9. sesquisyllable
  10. sesquisyllables
  11. sesquiterpene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sesquisyllabe (page history and authors); sesquisyllable (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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