disyllabic

English

Alternative forms

dissyllabic (dated, generally superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French dissyllabique, from Latin disyllabus.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌdɑɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

Adjective

disyllabic (not comparable)

Comprising two syllables.

Synonyms

bisyllabic

Related terms

Translations

comprising two syllables

Ancient Greek: δισύλλαβος (disúllabos), δισσύλλαβος (dissúllabos)
Breton: divsilabennek (br)
Catalan: disíl·lab (ca), disil·làbic
Czech: dvouslabičný (cs)
Dutch: tweelettergrepig, tweesyllabisch
Faroese: við tveimum stavilsum, tvístavilsis-
Finnish: kaksitavuinen
French: dissyllabique (fr), bisyllabique (fr)
Galician: bisílabo (gl)
German: zweisilbig (de)
Greek: δισύλλαβος (el) (disýllavos)
Hungarian: két szótagú/szótagos
Interlingua: bisyllabe
Irish: déshiollach
Italian: bisillabo, disillabico
Macedonian: двосложен (dvosložen)
Portuguese: dissílabo (pt)
Russian: двусло́жный (ru) (dvuslóžnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dà-shiolach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дво̀сложан

Roman: dvòsložan (sh)
Spanish: bisílabo (es), bisilábico (es), disílabo (es), disilábico (es)
Swedish: tvåstavig (sv)

Noun

disyllabic (plural disyllabics)

a word consisting of two syllables

Translations

a word consisting of two syllables

Galician: bisílabo (gl)
Irish: déshiollach m
Portuguese: dissílabo (pt) m
Spanish: bisílabo (es) m

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