Meanings
adjectivetrisyllabic (not comparable)
- not comparablehaving three syllables
[…] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?
1980 January 20, Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, page 19 (pdf)
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Italic*tri-
- Latintri-
- Englishtri-
- Englishsyllabic
- Englishtrisyllabic
Translations
Czech trojslabičný
- trojslabičnýhaving three syllables
Dutch drielettergrepig, trisyllabisch
- drielettergrepighaving three syllables
- trisyllabischhaving three syllables
Esperanto trisilaba
- trisilabahaving three syllables
Finnish kolmitavuinen
- kolmitavuinenhaving three syllables
German dreisilbig
- dreisilbighaving three syllables
Greek τρισύλλαβος
- τρισύλλαβος (trisýllavos)having three syllables
Hungarian három szótagú/szótagos
- három szótagú/szótagoshaving three syllables
Italian trisillabico
- trisillabicohaving three syllables
Polish trzysylabowy
- trzysylabowyhaving three syllables
Portuguese trissílabo, trissilábico
- trissílabohaving three syllables
- trissilábicohaving three syllables
Russian трёхсложный
- трёхсложный (trjóxsložnyj)having three syllables
Swedish trestavig
- trestavighaving three syllables
Turkish üç heceli
- üç hecelihaving three syllables
Ukrainian трискладо́вий
- трискладо́вий (tryskladóvyj)having three syllables
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trisyllabic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
trisyllabic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trisyllabic
MLA
“trisyllabic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trisyllabic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trisyllabic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trisyllabic.
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