Standard Lemma guide

disyllabic

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK, US: /ˌdaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌdɑɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Comprising two syllables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A word consisting of two syllables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French dissyllabique, from Latin disyllabus, equivalent to di- + syllabic.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: двухскладо́вы (dvuxskladóvy) — comprising two syllables
  • Breton: divsilabennek — comprising two syllables
  • Catalan: disíl·lab — comprising two syllables
  • Catalan: disil·làbic — comprising two syllables
  • Czech: dvouslabičný — comprising two syllables
  • Dutch: tweelettergrepig — comprising two syllables
  • Dutch: tweesyllabisch — comprising two syllables
  • Faroese: við tveimum stavilsum — comprising two syllables
  • Faroese: tvístavilsis- — comprising two syllables
  • Finnish: kaksitavuinen — comprising two syllables
  • French: dissyllabique — comprising two syllables
  • French: bisyllabique — comprising two syllables
  • Galician: bisílabo — comprising two syllables
  • German: zweisilbig — comprising two syllables
  • Greek: δισύλλαβος (disýllavos) — comprising two syllables
  • Ancient Greek: δισύλλαβος (disúllabos) — comprising two syllables
  • Ancient Greek: δισσύλλαβος (dissúllabos) — comprising two syllables
  • Hungarian: két szótagú/szótagos — comprising two syllables
  • Interlingua: bisyllabe — comprising two syllables
  • Irish: déshiollach — comprising two syllables
  • Italian: bisillabo — comprising two syllables
  • Italian: disillabico — comprising two syllables
  • Macedonian: двосложен (dvosložen) — comprising two syllables
  • Polish: dwusylabowy — comprising two syllables
  • Polish: dwuzgłoskowy — comprising two syllables
  • Portuguese: dissílabo — comprising two syllables
  • Portuguese: dissilábico — comprising two syllables
  • Russian: двусло́жный (dvuslóžnyj) — comprising two syllables
  • Scottish Gaelic: dà-shiolach — comprising two syllables
  • Serbo-Croatian: дво̀сложан — comprising two syllables
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvòsložan — comprising two syllables
  • Spanish: bisílabo — comprising two syllables
  • Spanish: bisilábico — comprising two syllables
  • Spanish: disílabo — comprising two syllables
  • Spanish: disilábico — comprising two syllables
  • Swedish: tvåstavig — comprising two syllables
  • Ukrainian: двоскладо́вий (dvoskladóvyj) — comprising two syllables
  • Vietnamese: song tiết — comprising two syllables
  • Welsh: deusill — comprising two syllables
  • Welsh: deusillafog — comprising two syllables
  • Galician: bisílabo — a word consisting of two syllables
  • Irish: déshiollach — a word consisting of two syllables
  • Portuguese: dissílabo — a word consisting of two syllables
  • Spanish: bisílabo — a word consisting of two syllables
  • Spanish: disílabo — a word consisting of two syllables
  • Welsh: deusill — a word consisting of two syllables