trisyllabic

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ syllabic

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk
(General Australian) IPA^(key): ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk
(General American) IPA^(key): ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk
Rhymes: -æbɪk

Adjective

trisyllabic (not comparable)

having three syllables
- 1980 January 20, Asimov, Isaac, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, ISSN 0028-9604, 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

Czech: trojslabičný
Dutch: drielettergrepig, trisyllabisch
Esperanto: trisilaba
Finnish: kolmitavuinen

German: dreisilbig (de)
Italian: trisillabico m
Manx: treeheelagh
Russian: трёхсложный (ru) (trjóxsložnyj)

Noun

trisyllabic (plural trisyllabics)

a word comprising three syllables

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