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Italian
Etymology
From Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκᾰσύλλᾰβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /en.de.kaˈsil.la.bo/, /ˌɛn.de.kaˈsil.la.bo/
- Rhymes: -illabo
- Hyphenation: en‧de‧ca‧sìl‧la‧bo
Adjective
endecasillabo (feminine endecasillaba, masculine plural endecasillabi, feminine plural endecasillabe)
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Noun
endecasillabo m (plural endecasillabi)
- A line of verse, containing from ten to sixteen syllables, in which the stress falls on the tenth syllable (in classical Italian verse)
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