disyllable

[ dahy-sil-uh-buhl, dahy-sil-, dih- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

disyllable

/ ˈdaɪsɪləbəl; ˌdɪ-; dɪˈsɪl-; ˌdaɪsɪˈlæbɪk /

1580–90; di- ¹ + syllable; compare Greek disýllabos of two syllables; variant dissyllable has ss < Middle French dissilabe

Every pentameter of the amatory poems and the first fifteen Heroides ends in a disyllable.

In a disyllable the vowel is long by the 'apex' rule, as in 'hyphen'.

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