decasyllable

English

Etymology

deca- +‎ syllable

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛkəˌsɪləbəɫ]

Noun

decasyllable (plural decasyllables)

1. A verse form having ten syllables in each line.

Coordinate terms

• monosyllable
• disyllable
• trisyllable
• tetrasyllable
• pentasyllable
• sexisyllable
• heptasyllable
• octosyllable
• enneasyllable
• endecasyllable
• dodecasyllable
• polysyllable

Related terms

• decasyllabic

Translations

a verse form having ten syllables in each line

• Catalan: decasíl·lab (ca) m, decasíl·laba (ca) f
• Irish: deichshiollach m