Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multisyllabic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-syl-lab-ic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having more than one syllable.

Example Sentences

"But it’s a dialect Fetter doesn’t know. It sounds old, rolling and multisyllabic and liquid."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English syllabic English multisyllabic From multi- + syllabic.

Derived Forms

multisyllabically

Synonyms

polysyllabic

Antonyms

monosyllabic

Questions

What does multisyllabic mean?: Having more than one syllable.
Where does multisyllabic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English syllabic English multisyllabic From multi- + syllabic.

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