decasillabo

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin decasyllabus, from Ancient Greek δεκασύλλαβος (dekasúllabos), from δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) +‎ σῠλλᾰβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”). By surface analysis, deca- +‎ sillabo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdɛ.kaˈsil.la.bo/
  • Rhymes: -illabo
  • Hyphenation: de‧ca‧sìl‧la‧bo

Adjective

decasillabo (feminine decasillaba, masculine plural decasillabi, feminine plural decasillabe)

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Noun

decasillabo m (plural decasillabi)

  1. A line of verse containing ten syllables (in classical Italian verse)

Further reading
  • decasillabo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • decasillabo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • decasillabo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • decasìllabo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • decasìllabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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