Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disyllable

/ˈdī-ˌsi-lə-bəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-syl-la-ble
IPA: /ˈdī-ˌsi-lə-bəl/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word comprising two syllables.

Example Sentences

"He felt as if the play itself penetrated him with the naked elbow of his neighbour, a great stripped, handsome, red-haired lady, who conversed with a gentleman on her other side in stray dissyllables which had for his ear, in the oddest way in the world, so much sound that he wondered they hadn't more sense; and he recognised by the same law, beyond the footlights, what he was pleased to take for the very flush of English life."

Etymology

From di- + syllable.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdī-ˌsi-lə-bəl/
British English: /daɪˈsɪləbəɫ/

Inflected Forms

disyllables (plural) dissyllable (alternative)

Derived Forms

hyperdisyllable

Frequently Paired Words

disyllabic monosyllable trisyllable tetrasyllable pentasyllable sexisyllable heptasyllable octosyllable

Synonyms

duosyllable dissyllable

Questions

How do you pronounce disyllable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdī-ˌsi-lə-bəl/.
What does disyllable mean?: A word comprising two syllables.
Where does disyllable come from?: From di- + syllable.

How to pronounce disyllable

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