disyllable
/dʌɪˈsɪləb(ə)l
/ /ˈdʌɪsɪləb(ə)l/(also dissyllable /dɪˈsɪləb(ə)l/)
noun Prosody
A word or metrical foot consisting of two syllables.A disyllable or disyllabic word has two syllables, a trisyllable or trisyllabic word has three....
- The call, sometimes preceded by a single note, was a repeated series of disyllables, the second syllable stressed.
- Note that this is exponentially worse than the Manning Henkel problem, since there are not two but four dissyllables to conjure with.
Origin
Late 16th century: alteration (influenced by syllable) of French disyllabe, via Latin from Greek disullabos 'of two syllables', from di- 'two' + sullabē 'syllable'.