tetrasyllable

English

Etymology

Formed from tetra- (“four”) + syllable; compare Ancient Greek τετρασύλλαβος (tetrasúllabos, “of four syllables”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĕtrəsĭʹləbl, IPA^(key): /tɛtɹəˈsɪləbl/

Noun

tetrasyllable (plural tetrasyllables)

1. (also used attributively) A word comprising four syllables.

Coordinate terms

• monosyllable
• disyllable
• trisyllable
• pentasyllable
• sexisyllable
• heptasyllable
• octosyllable
• enneasyllable
• decasyllable
• endecasyllable
• dodecasyllable
• polysyllable

Derived terms

• tetrasyllabic

Translations

a four-syllable word

• Welsh: pedrsill f

References

• “tetrasyllable, n. (a.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]