Meanings
adjectiveheterosyllabic (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesNot occurring in the same syllable.
In fact, it is a question of two –heterosyllabic– consonants, whereby the neutral Italian structure could not tolerate more complicated sequences, as they would make these syllables too heavy to pronounce.
2005, Luciano Canepari, A Handbook of Pronunciation, Lincom Europa, →ISBN, page 137Antonyms: tautosyllabic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot occurring in the same syllable.
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
- Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
- Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
- Englishhetero-
- Englishsyllabic
- Englishheterosyllabic
Translations
Spanish heterosilábico
- heterosilábiconot occurring in the same syllable
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