noun
- a word having more than one syllable, especially more than three syllables
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The word ‘elephant’ is a polysyllable with three syllables.
- Students often struggle to spell polysyllables correctly.
- Dictionary is a common polysyllable in English.
- The teacher asked us to identify all the polysyllables in the poem.
- Polysyllables can be broken down into smaller syllable units.
- Many scientific terms are polysyllables with Greek or Latin roots.