adj
Meaning 1
Having four 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
Standard Lemma guide
tetrasyllabic
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/ˌtɛ.tɹə.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/
noun
Meaning 2
A word of four syllables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kwétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English syllabic English tetrasyllabic From tetra- + syllabic.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: pedersilabennek — having four syllables
- Czech: čtyřslabičný — having four syllables
- Dutch: tetrasyllabisch — having four syllables
- Esperanto: kvarsilaba — having four syllables
- Finnish: nelitavuinen — having four syllables
- German: viersilbig — having four syllables
- Hungarian: négy szótagú/szótagos — having four syllables
- Macedonian: четирисложен (četirisložen) — having four syllables
- Romanian: tetrasilabic — having four syllables
- Spanish: tetrasílabo — having four syllables
- Spanish: tetrasilábico — having four syllables
- Turkish: dört heceli — having four syllables