polysyllabic

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American Heritage Dictionary:

pol·y·syl·lab·ic

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(pŏl'ē-sĭ-lăb'ĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having more than two and usually more than three syllables.
  2. Characterized by words having more than three syllables.
polysyllabically pol'y·syl·lab'i·cal·ly adv.

Roget's Thesaurus:

polysyllabic

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adjective

    Having many syllables: long1, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian. See long/short.

Word Tutor:

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.

pronunciation Wonderful, irregular, and unnecessarily are polysyllabic words.

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Translations:

Polysyllabic

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - flerstavelses-

Nederlands (Dutch)
met meerdere lettergrepen, sprekend met veel lettergrepen

Français (French)
adj. - polysyllabique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vielsilbig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (γραμμ.) πολυσύλλαβος

Italiano (Italian)
polisillabico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - polissilábico

Русский (Russian)
многосложный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - polisilábico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flerstavig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
多音节的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多音節的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 다음절의, 다음절어가 많은(말, 문장 따위)

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 多音節の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تعددي المقاطع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רב-הברתי‬


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