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trisyllable

[ trahy-sil-uh-buhl, trahy-sil-, trih- ]

noun

  1. a word of three syllables, as pendulum.


trisyllable

/ ˌtraɪsɪˈlæbɪk; traɪˈsɪləbəl /

noun

  1. a word of three syllables
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • trisyllabic, adjective
  • ˌtrisylˈlabically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • tri·syl·lab·ic [trahy-si-, lab, -ik, tris-i-], trisyl·labi·cal adjective
  • trisyl·labi·cal·ly adverb
  • tri·syllab·ism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trisyllable1

1580–90; tri- + syllable, modeled on Greek trisýllabos having three syllables
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Example Sentences

Trisyllable, trī-, or tri-sil′a-bl, n. a word of three syllables.

Trisyllab′ic, -al, pertaining to a trisyllable: consisting of three syllables.

Each line ends with a trisyllable or a tetrasyllable, with dissyllabic rhyme running through the quatrain.

Decasyllabic Verse: A verse of ten syllables may be formed by the triple repetition of the trisyllable — — /.

It gives them no direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable.

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