trisyllable

[ trahy-sil-uh-buhl, trahy-sil-, trih- ]

/ ˈtraɪˌsɪl ə bəl, traɪˈsɪl-, trɪ- /

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noun

a word of three syllables, as pendulum.

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Origin of trisyllable

1580–90; tri- + syllable, modeled on Greek trisýllabos having three syllables

OTHER WORDS FROM trisyllable

tri·syl·lab·ic

[trahy-si-lab-ik, tris-i-], /ˌtraɪ sɪˈlæb ɪk, ˌtrɪs ɪ-/, tri·syl·lab·i·cal, adjectivetri·syl·lab·i·cal·ly, adverbtri·syl·lab·ism, noun

Words nearby trisyllable

Tristram Shandy, tristylous, trisubstituted, trisulfide, trisulphide, trisyllable, trit., tritagonist, tritanopia, trite, tritheism

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How to use trisyllable in a sentence

Trisyllable, trī-, or tri-sil′a-bl, n. a word of three syllables.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
Trisyllab′ic, -al, pertaining to a trisyllable: consisting of three syllables.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
Each line ends with a trisyllable or a tetrasyllable, with dissyllabic rhyme running through the quatrain.
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran|Anonymous
Decasyllabic Verse: A verse of ten syllables may be formed by the triple repetition of the trisyllable — — /.
Legends, Tales and Poems|Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

It gives them no direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable.
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, August, 1863, No. 70|Various

British Dictionary definitions for trisyllable

trisyllable

/ (traɪˈsɪləbəl) /

noun

a word of three syllables

Derived forms of trisyllable

trisyllabic (ˌtraɪsɪˈlæbɪk), adjectivetrisyllabically, adverb

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