trisyllabic
- adjective
- /ˌtraɪsɪˈlæbɪk/
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trisílabo
- Lines that freely combine disyllabic and trisyllabic feet or that vary units of one and two "offbeats," in Derek Attridge's terminology, are natural to verse in English when the feet are not shackled to the regularly iambic meter of much serious English poetry.
- trisyllabic foot
Examples
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In poetry, the use of trisyllabic phrases can create a rhythm that enhances the overall flow of the verses.
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"Quod Tegit Omnia" seems to be playing against some sort of trimeter, while "The Bitter Moon" suggests the possibility of a trisyllabic dimeter.
Fiction book (2000) -
The mixing of disyllabic and trisyllabic feet occurs so frequently in his verse that it serves as what his most recent biographer refers to as his "distinctive metrical signature" (Rooksby, p. 132).
Academic text (2016) -
For example, Mayo and Eigsti tested autistic children with a history of language delay using the same materials previously used by Evans et al. in their study of children with SLI: a stream of syllables, presented continuously, containing trisyllabic "words" with only statistical cues to word boundaries.
Academic text (2018) -
The word 'banana' is an example of a trisyllabic term, as it has three distinct syllables.
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Many students find it easier to pronounce trisyllabic words when they break them down into smaller parts.
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Etymology
The word trisyllabic is made of tri- meaning 'three', as in triangle, and syllable meaning 'a sound part of a word'. So a trisyllabic word is one you can clap three times, which is why it means 'having or consisting of three syllables'.