Definition of disyllable in English:
disyllable
(also dissyllable)
noun ˈdʌɪsɪləb(ə)ldʌɪˈsɪləb(ə)ldaɪˈsɪləb(ə)l
Prosody A word or metrical foot consisting of two syllables.
Example sentencesExamples
- The call, sometimes preceded by a single note, was a repeated series of disyllables, the second syllable stressed.
- A disyllable or disyllabic word has two syllables, a trisyllable or trisyllabic word has three.
- The second, with its mixture of monosyllables and disyllables - listen, walking, chamber - sustains the alliterative flourish of Melting melodious words.
- Note that this is exponentially worse than the Manning Henkel problem, since there are not two but four dissyllables to conjure with.
Origin
Late 16th century: alteration (influenced by syllable) of French disyllabe, via Latin from Greek disullabos 'of two syllables', from di- 'two' + sullabē 'syllable'.
Definition of disyllable in US English:
disyllable
(also dissyllable)
noundīˈsiləb(ə)ldaɪˈsɪləb(ə)l
Prosody A word or metrical foot consisting of two syllables.
Example sentencesExamples
- The second, with its mixture of monosyllables and disyllables - listen, walking, chamber - sustains the alliterative flourish of Melting melodious words.
- A disyllable or disyllabic word has two syllables, a trisyllable or trisyllabic word has three.
- The call, sometimes preceded by a single note, was a repeated series of disyllables, the second syllable stressed.
- Note that this is exponentially worse than the Manning Henkel problem, since there are not two but four dissyllables to conjure with.
Origin
Late 16th century: alteration (influenced by syllable) of French disyllabe, via Latin from Greek disullabos ‘of two syllables’, from di- ‘two’ + sullabē ‘syllable’.