trisyllabic (ˌtraɪsɪˈlæbɪk) or rare trisyllabical (ˌtrisylˈlabical)
adjective
trisyllabically (ˌtrisylˈlabically)
adverb
trisyllable in American English
(traɪˈsɪləbəl; ˈtraɪˌsɪləbəl)
noun
a word of three syllables
Derived forms
trisyllabic (ˌtrisylˈlabic) (ˌtraɪsɪˈlæbɪk)
adjective
trisyllable in American English
(ˈtraiˌsɪləbəl, traiˈsɪl-, trɪ-)
noun
a word of three syllables, as pendulum
Derived forms
trisyllabic (ˌtraisɪˈlæbɪk, ˌtrɪsɪ-)trisyllabical
adjective
trisyllabically
adverb
trisyllabism
noun
Word origin
[1580–90; tri- + syllable, modeled on Gk trisýllabos having three syllables]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: critical, mandarin, piggyback, scramble, stigmatri- is a combining form meaning “three,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix tri- include: triforium, trigeminal, trilemma, trinomial, trio