Definitions for polysyllable
ˈpɒl iˌsɪl ə bəl, ˌpɒl iˈsɪl-po·ly·syl·la·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. polysyllable, polysyllabic wordnoun

   a word of more than three syllables

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. polysyllablenoun

   A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. POLYSYLLABLEnoun

   A word of many syllables.

   Etymology: πολὺς and συλλαβὴ; polysyllabe, Fr.

   In a polysyllable word consider to which syllable the emphasis is to be given, and in each syllable to which letter. William Holder.

   Your high nonsense blusters and makes a noise; it stalks upon hard words, and rattles through polysyllables. Addison.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. polysyllable

   A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often considered the phonological "building blocks" of words. They can influence the rhythm of a language, its prosody, its poetic metre and its stress patterns. Speech can usually be divided up into a whole number of syllables: for example, the word ignite is made of two syllables: ig and nite. Syllabic writing began several hundred years before the first letters. The earliest recorded syllables are on tablets written around 2800 BC in the Sumerian city of Ur. This shift from pictograms to syllables has been called "the most important advance in the history of writing".A word that consists of a single syllable (like English dog) is called a monosyllable (and is said to be monosyllabic). Similar terms include disyllable (and disyllabic; also bisyllable and bisyllabic) for a word of two syllables; trisyllable (and trisyllabic) for a word of three syllables; and polysyllable (and polysyllabic), which may refer either to a word of more than three syllables or to any word of more than one syllable.

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1. polysyllable

   A polysyllable is a word that contains more than one syllable. They are often longer words and can be broken down into smaller parts when pronouncing them. Examples include "university" and "revolutionary".

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Polysyllablenoun

   a word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables

2. Etymology: [Poly- + syllable.]

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1. Polysyllable

   pol′i-sil-a-bl, n. a word of many or of more than three syllables.—adjs. Polysyllab′ic, -al.—ns. Polysyllab′icism, Polysyll′abism.

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce polysyllable?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say polysyllable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of polysyllable in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of polysyllable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=polysyllable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Polysyllable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=polysyllable
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysyllable
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polysyllable
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=polysyllable
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=polysyllable