trisyllabic

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ syllabic.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -æbɪk
• Hyphenation: tri‧syl‧lab‧ic

Adjective

trisyllabic (not comparable)

1. having three syllables
   • 1980 January 20, Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, page 19:

     […] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?

Translations

having three syllables

• Armenian: եռավանկ (hy) (eṙavank)
• Breton: teirsilabennek (br)
• Czech: trojslabičný
• Dutch: drielettergrepig, trisyllabisch
• Esperanto: trisilaba
• Finnish: kolmitavuinen
• German: dreisilbig (de)
• Hungarian: három szótagú/szótagos
• Italian: trisillabico m
• Macedonian: тросложен (trosložen), трисложен (trisložen)
• Manx: treeheelagh
• Russian: трёхсложный (ru) (trjóxsložnyj)

Noun

trisyllabic (plural trisyllabics)

1. a word comprising three syllables