TRISYLLABIC


Meaning of TRISYLLABIC in English

|trī, |tri+ adjective

Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin trisyllabicus, from Latin trisyllabus of three syllables, trisyllabic (from Greek trisyllabos, from tri- three + syllabē syllable) + -icus -ic — more at tri- , syllable

: of or relating to a trisyllable : having three syllables

a trisyllabic word

• tri·syllabically “+ adverb

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