trisyllabic

trisyllabic

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ syllabic

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -æbɪk
• Hyphenation: tri‧syl‧lab‧ic

Adjective

trisyllabic (not comparable)

1. having three syllables
   • 1980 January 20, Asimov, Isaac, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, ISSN 0028-9604, 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) Breton: teirsilabennek (br) Czech: trojslabičný Dutch: drielettergrepig, trisyllabisch Esperanto: trisilaba Finnish: kolmitavuinen German: dreisilbig (de) Hungarian: három szótagú/szótagos Italian: trisillabico m Macedonian: тросложен (trosložen), трисложен (trisložen) Manx: treeheelagh Russian: трёхсложный (ru) (trjóxsložnyj)

Noun

trisyllabic (plural trisyllabics)

1. a word comprising three syllables