decasyllabic

English

Etymology

From deca- +‎ syllabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk/

Adjective

decasyllabic (not comparable)

1. Having ten syllables.
   • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎^[1], New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 152:

     The accomplishment was nothing. The meticulous maps, drawn in three colors of ink, learning and spelling decasyllabic words, memorizing the whole of The Rape of Lucrece—it was for nothing.

2. Composed of decasyllables.

Translations

having ten syllables

• Breton: deksilabennek (br)
• Dutch: tienlettergrepig
• Esperanto: deksilaba
• Finnish: kymmentavuinen
• Georgian: ათმარცვლიანი (atmarcvliani)
• German: zehnsilbig (de)
• Hungarian: tíz szótagú/szótagos
• Irish: deichshiollach
• Polish: dziesięciozgłoskowy
• Russian: десятисложный (ru) m (desjatisložnyj)

Noun

decasyllabic (plural decasyllabics)

1. (mostly plural) A decasyllable.

   an English sonnet written in decasyllabics