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trisyllabic

Syllables: tri·syl·lab·icUK/ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

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Australia/ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

trisyllabic adjective: having three syllables.

Adjective

trisyllabic (not comparable)

  1. having three syllables
    • […] 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?1980 January 20, Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, page 19 (pdf)

Noun

trisyllabic (plural trisyllabics)

  1. a word comprising three syllables

Forms of trisyllabic

pluraltrisyllabics

Origin of trisyllabic

From tri- + syllabic.

Words formed from trisyllabic

Words that rhyme with trisyllabic

Questions about trisyllabic

What does trisyllabic mean?
Trisyllabic means having three syllables.
What part of speech is trisyllabic?
Trisyllabic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce trisyllabic?
Trisyllabic is pronounced /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (UK).

Words near trisyllabic in the dictionary

  1. trisulphated
  2. trisulphates
  3. trisulphide
  4. trisulphides
  5. trisuls
  6. trisyllabic
  7. trisyllabical
  8. trisyllabically
  9. trisyllabicity
  10. trisyllabics
  11. trisyllabism

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