noun
- words that have three syllables
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The teacher asked students to identify trisyllables in the poem.
- Examples of trisyllables include ‘beautiful,’ ‘elephant,’ and ‘computer.’
- Poetry often uses trisyllables to create specific rhythmic patterns.
- Children learning to read practice clapping out trisyllables.
- The linguistics textbook had a chapter devoted to trisyllables.
- She counted seventeen trisyllables in the first stanza.