1. having two syllables
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The word ‘happy’ is disyllabic.
• Most disyllabic words have stress on either the first or second syllable.
• Children often find disyllabic words easier to pronounce than longer ones.
• The poet preferred disyllabic rhymes for this particular meter.
• In English, many disyllabic nouns are stressed on the first syllable.
• The linguist analyzed the disyllabic structure of the language.