HyperDic: polysyllabic_word

English > 1 sense of the expression polysyllabic word:
NOUNcommunicationpolysyllabic word, polysyllablea word of more than three syllables
English > polysyllabic word: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA word of more than three syllables.
Synonympolysyllable
NarrowerjawbreakerA word that is hard to pronounce
sesquipedalian, sesquipedaliaA very long word (a foot and a half long)
BroaderwordA unit of language that native speakers can identify
Spanishpolisílabo
Catalanpolisíl·lab

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