disyllable or dissyllable /dī-silˈə-bl/ noun A word of two syllables ORIGIN: Through Fr dissyllabe, dissilabe, and L from Gr di- twice, and syllabē a syllable; with l as in syllable disyllabic /-abˈik/ adjective disyllabificāˈtion noun disyllabˈify transitive verb To make into two syllables disyllˈabism noun The character of having two syllables |