Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duosyllable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: du-o-syl-la-ble
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word containing two syllables.

Example Sentences

"To this minute account we might perhaps merely answer with laconic gravity, "Suppose," for on this magic duosyllable does the whole tale of gorgeous fortune and unprecedented gullibility depend."
"Martin Amis famously saw off the cult of personality in tennis when he defined it as “an exact synonym of a seven-letter duosyllable starting with ‘a’, ending with ‘e’ (and also featuring, in order of appearance, an ‘ss’, an ‘h’, an ‘o’ and ‘l’)”."

Etymology

From duo- + syllable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: duo

Inflected Forms

duosyllables (plural)

Derived Forms

duosyllabic

Frequently Paired Words

monosyllable trisyllable tetrasyllable pentasyllable sexisyllable heptasyllable octosyllable enneasyllable

Synonyms

disyllable

Questions

What does duosyllable mean?: A word containing two syllables.
Where does duosyllable come from?: From duo- + syllable.

How to pronounce duosyllable

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