TRISYLLABLE


Meaning of TRISYLLABLE in English

— trisyllabic /truy'si lab"ik, tris'i-/ , trisyllabical , adj. — trisyllabically , adv. — trisyllabism , n.

/truy"sil'euh beuhl, truy sil"-, tri-/ , n.

a word of three syllables, as pendulum.

[ 1580-90; TRI- + SYLLABLE, modeled on Gk trisýllabos having three syllables ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .