adjective
- having three syllables
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The word ‘beautiful’ is trisyllabic.
- Students practiced identifying trisyllabic words in their poetry unit.
- Most trisyllabic words have stress on the first or second syllable.
- The teacher asked for examples of trisyllabic adjectives.
- Words like ‘elephant’ and ‘banana’ are trisyllabic.
- The poem’s rhythm relied heavily on trisyllabic feet.