NOUN | communication | polysyllable, polysyllabic word | a word of more than three syllables |
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Meaning | A word of more than three syllables. | |
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Synonym | polysyllabic word | |
Narrower | jawbreaker | A word that is hard to pronounce |
sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia | A very long word (a foot and a half long) | |
Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
Spanish | polisílabo | |
Catalan | polisíl·lab | |
Adjectives | polysyllabic | (of words) long / long and ponderous |
polysyllabic | having or characterized by words of more than three syllables |
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