Meanings
adjectivehendecasyllabic (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving eleven syllables.
nounhendecasyllabic (plural hendecasyllabics)
plural hendecasyllabics
- A word or line of eleven syllables.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἑνδεκασύλλαβος
- Latinhendecasyllabus
- Englishhendecasyllabic
Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hendecasíl·lab, hendecasil·làbic
- hendecasíl·labhaving eleven syllables
- hendecasil·làbichaving eleven syllables
Dutch elflettergrepig
- elflettergrepighaving eleven syllables
Finnish yksitoistatavuinen
- yksitoistatavuinenhaving eleven syllables
German elfsilbig
- elfsilbighaving eleven syllables
Hungarian tizenegy szótagú/szótagos
- tizenegy szótagú/szótagoshaving eleven syllables
Polish jedenastozgłoskowy
- jedenastozgłoskowyhaving eleven syllables
Portuguese hendecassílabo
- hendecassílabohaving eleven syllables
Russian одиннадцатисложный
- одиннадцатисложный (odinnadcatisložnyj)having eleven syllables
Spanish endecasílabo
- endecasílabohaving eleven syllables
Swedish elvastavig
- elvastavighaving eleven syllables
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hendecasyllabic
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hendecasyllabic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hendecasyllabic
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Chicago
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