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trisyllable

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tri·syl·la·ble  (trsl-bl)
n.
A three-syllable word.
trisyl·labic (-s-lbk), trisyl·labi·cal (--kl) adj.
trisyl·labi·cal·ly adv.
trisyllable [traɪˈsɪləbəl]
n
(Linguistics / Grammar) a word of three syllables
trisyllabic  [ˌtraɪsɪˈlæbɪk] adj
trisyllabically  adv
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Noun1.trisyllable - a word having three syllables
word - 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"
Translations
trisyllable [ˈtraɪˈsɪləbl] N → trisílabo m
trisyllable
n → dreisilbiges Wort
trisyllable [ˌtraɪˈsɪləbl] n → trisillabo
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no representation in the 1976 New Oxford Book of American Verse): "quarried," in line three, has to be read as a trisyllable to fit the meter and rhyme scheme.
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