HyperDic: polysyllable

English > 1 sense of the word polysyllable:
NOUNcommunicationpolysyllable, polysyllabic worda word of more than three syllables
English > polysyllable: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA word of more than three syllables.
Synonympolysyllabic word
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
Adjectivespolysyllabic(of words) long / long and ponderous
polysyllabichaving or characterized by words of more than three syllables

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