| SYLLABLE | • syllable n. (Linguistics) A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although… • syllable n. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable. • syllable n. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle. |
| DISYLLABLE | • disyllable n. A word comprising two syllables. • DISYLLABLE n. a word with two syllables. |
| DISSYLLABLE | • dissyllable n. Alternative form of disyllable. • DISSYLLABLE n. a word with two syllables. |
| TRISYLLABLE | • trisyllable n. A word of three syllables. • TRISYLLABLE n. a word with three syllables. |
| DECASYLLABLE | • decasyllable n. A verse form having ten syllables in each line. • DECASYLLABLE n. a line with ten syllables. |
| MONOSYLLABLE | • monosyllable n. A word of one syllable. • monosyllable n. (UK, slang, obsolete) A euphemism for the word cunt. • MONOSYLLABLE n. a word of one syllable. |
| OCTOSYLLABLE | • octosyllable n. (Poetry) line of verse with eight syllables. • OCTOSYLLABLE n. a word or line of eight syllables. |
| POLYSYLLABLE | • polysyllable n. A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense. • POLYSYLLABLE n. a polysyllabic word. |
| TETRASYLLABLE | • tetrasyllable n. (Also used attributively) A word comprising four syllables. • TETRASYLLABLE n. a word with four syllables. |
| DODECASYLLABLE | • dodecasyllable n. A word consisting of twelve syllables. • DODECASYLLABLE n. a line of twelve syllables. |
| QUADRISYLLABLE | • quadrisyllable n. A word of four syllables. • QUADRISYLLABLE n. a tetrasyllable. |
| HENDECASYLLABLE | • hendecasyllable n. (Chiefly prosody) A line, verse, or word that comprises eleven syllables. • HENDECASYLLABLE n. a metrical line of eleven syllables. |