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polysyllabic

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1. polysyllabic - Noun

2. polysyllabic - Adjective

3. polysyllabic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Polysyllabical

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sesquipedalian technical terms Source: Internet

In general, however, class 1 words are those that are monosyllabic in Old Norse, while class 2 words are those that are polysyllabic. Source: Internet

Stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable in polysyllabic words, and the word-final unstressed syllable receives a higher pitch than the stressed syllable. Source: Internet

Words, capitalization, initialisms and punctuation Although Chinese characters represent single syllables, Mandarin Chinese is a polysyllabic language. Source: Internet

There are also a small number of words that have been polysyllabic since Old Chinese, such as húdié (蝴蝶) "butterfly". Source: Internet

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