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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin decasyllabus, from Ancient Greek δεκασύλλαβος (dekasúllabos), from δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) + σῠλλᾰβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”). By surface analysis, deca- + sillabo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdɛ.kaˈsil.la.bo/
- Rhymes: -illabo
- Hyphenation: de‧ca‧sìl‧la‧bo
Adjective
decasillabo (feminine decasillaba, masculine plural decasillabi, feminine plural decasillabe)
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Noun
decasillabo m (plural decasillabi)
- A line of verse containing ten syllables (in classical Italian verse)
Further reading
- decasillabo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- decasillabo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- decasillabo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- decasìllabo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- decasìllabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana