octosyllabic

English

Alternative forms

octasyllabic

Etymology

octo- +‎ syllabic

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒk.təʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɔk.təʉ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑk.toʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Rhymes: -æbɪk

Adjective

octosyllabic (not comparable)

Containing eight syllables
- 1872, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poetry and Imagination:
  If you hum or whistle the rhythm of the common English metres,— of the decasyllabic quatrain, or the octosyllabic with alternate sexisyllabic, or other rhythms, […]

Related terms

octosyllable

Translations

containing 8 syllables

Breton: eizhsilabennek (br)
Dutch: achtlettergrepig
Esperanto: oksilaba
Finnish: kahdeksantavuinen
German: achtsilbig (de)
Hungarian: nyolc szótagú/szótagos
Serbo-Croatian: osmèračkī (sh)
Spanish: octosílabo (es), octosilábico

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