quadrisyllable

Related to quadrisyllable: Quadrisyllabic

quadrisyllable

(ˈkwɒdrɪˌsɪləbəl)

(Linguistics) a four-syllable word

adj

(Linguistics) (of a word) having four syllables

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

quad•ri•syl•la•ble

(ˈkwɒd rəˌsɪl ə bəl)

n.

a word of four syllables.

[1650–60]

quad`ri•syl•lab′ic (-sɪˈlæb ɪk) adj.

References in periodicals archive ?

Considering the class of body terms, we find the more general or semantically "unmarked" words, such as inataq 'eye,' kami 'hand,' tulaakng 'bone,' or kelingaq 'ear,' tending to simple disyllabism (or trisyllables), while semantically marked words, such as kelebamaakng 'scapula, shoulder blade,' kelepisikng 'temples, ' kereranum 'amniotic fluids, waters, ' or kerepuruq 'skullcap,' are quadrisyllable words containing the prefix *kali-.

Skulls, ancestors and the meaning of kelelungan: an ethnolinguistic look into the history of a key religious term of the greater Luangan

If we exclude articles, prepositions and conjunctions, out of a total of 25 words we have 13 polysyllabic words: 6 trisyllables, 5 quadrisyllables and even 2 pentasyllables.