pentasyllabic

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UK/ˌpɛn.tə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/Australia/ˌpen.tə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

adjective

Having five syllables.

“‘Pentasyllabic’ is a pentasyllabic word.”

Similar
quinquesyllabicsyllabic
OriginLate Latin pentasyllabos →
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Meanings

adjectivepentasyllabic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving five syllables.

    ‘Pentasyllabic’ is a pentasyllabic word.

    Synonyms: quinquesyllabic

nounpentasyllabic (plural pentasyllabics)

plural pentasyllabics

  1. A word of five syllables; a pentasyllable.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving five syllables.

Similar
quinquesyllabic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving or characterized by or consisting of five syllables

Similar
syllabic
Also see
quinquesyllabicsyllabic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Late Latinpentasyllabos
  2. Englishpentasyllabic

Late Latin pentasyllabos + English -ic

More words from Late Latin

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Translations

Ancient Greek πεντᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος
  • πεντᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος (pentăsŭ́llăbos)having five syllables
Dutch vijflettergrepig
  • vijflettergrepighaving five syllables
Finnish viisitavuinen
  • viisitavuinenhaving five syllables
French pentasyllabe, pentasyllabique
  • pentasyllabehaving five syllables
  • pentasyllabiquehaving five syllables
German fünfsilbig
  • fünfsilbighaving five syllables
Greek πεντασύλλαβος
  • πεντασύλλαβος (pentasýllavos)having five syllables
Hungarian öt szótagú/szótagos
  • öt szótagú/szótagoshaving five syllables
Italian pentasillabo
  • pentasillabohaving five syllables
Latin pentasyllabos
  • pentasyllaboshaving five syllables
Polish pięciogłoskowy
  • pięciogłoskowyhaving five syllables
Romanian pentasilabic
  • pentasilabichaving five syllables
Russian пятисложный
  • пятисложный (pjatisložnyj)having five syllables
Spanish pentasílabo
  • pentasílabohaving five syllables
Swedish femstavig
  • femstavighaving five syllables
Turkish beş heceli
  • beş hecelihaving five syllables

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pentasyllabic

syllabicmonosyllabicpolysyllabicastrolabichendecasyllabicoctosyllabictrisyllabic
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Cite this entry
APA

pentasyllabic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentasyllabic

MLA

“pentasyllabic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentasyllabic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pentasyllabic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentasyllabic.

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