dissyllable

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dis·syl·la·ble

D0291100 (dī′sĭl′ə-bəl, dī-sĭl′-, dĭ-)n. Variant of disyllable.

dissyllable

(dɪˈsɪləbəl; ˈdɪsˌsɪl-; ˈdaɪsɪl-) or

disyllable

n (Linguistics) grammar a word of two syllables dissyllabic, disyllabic adj

di•syl•la•ble

(ˈdaɪˌsɪl ə bəl, daɪˈsɪl-, dɪ-)

also dissyllable

n. a word of two syllables. [1580–90; < Greek disýllabos of two syllables; see di-¹, syllable] di•syl•lab•ic (ˌdaɪ sɪˈlæb ɪk, ˌdɪs ɪ-) adj.

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dissyllable - a word having two syllablesdisyllableword - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"

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dis·syl·la·ble

dissyllable

disyllable

di•syl•la•ble

also dissyllable

dissyllable

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noun a word having two syllables

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