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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bisyllabus, from Ancient Greek δισύλλαβος (disúllabos). By surface analysis, bi- + sillabo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbiˈsil.la.bo/
- Rhymes: -illabo
- Hyphenation: bi‧sìl‧la‧bo
Adjective
bisillabo (feminine bisillaba, masculine plural bisillabi, feminine plural bisillabe)
- disyllabic
- Synonyms: disillabico, disillabo
Noun
bisillabo m (plural bisillabi)
- disyllable
- Synonym: disillabo
Further reading
- bisillabo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- bisillabo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- bisillabo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- bisillabo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- bisìllabo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- bisìllabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana