hendecasyllabic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /henˌdek.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -æbɪk

Adjective

hendecasyllabic (not comparable)

1. Having eleven syllables.

Translations

having eleven syllables

• Catalan: hendecasíl·lab (ca)
• Dutch: elflettergrepig
• Finnish: yksitoistatavuinen
• Galician: hendecasílabo
• German: elfsilbig
• Hungarian: tizenegy szótagú/szótagos
• Polish: jedenastozgłoskowy
• Portuguese: hendecassílabo
• Russian: одиннадцатисложный (ru) m (odinnadcatisložnyj)
• Spanish: endecasílabo (es)

Noun

hendecasyllabic (plural hendecasyllabics)

1. A word or line of eleven syllables.

Related terms

• hendecasyllable

Further reading

• Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Hendecasyllabics