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Portuguese
Etymology
From poli- + sílaba + -o.
Pronunciation
Adjective
polissílabo (feminine polissílaba, masculine plural polissílabos, feminine plural polissílabas)
- (chiefly linguistics, of a word) polysyllabic (having more than 3 syllables)
- (chiefly linguistics, of a word) polysyllabic (having more than 1 syllable)
1994, Cadernos de estudos lingüísticos, numbers 26-29, page 141:Cada lista é composta por palavras e não-palavras que variam quanto ao número de sílabas (monossílabo ou polissílabo) […]- Each list consists of words and non-words that vary in the number of syllables (monosyllabic or polysyllabic) as well as
- 2002, Luiz Cesar Saraiva Feijó, Balançando o véu da noiva: a dramática linguagem figurada do futebol, Sociedade Brasileira de Língua e Literatura, page 61:
- , a última sílaba átona de um vocábulo (com mais de uma sílaba ou polissílabo).
- , the last unstressed syllable of a vocable (with more than one syllable or polysyllabic).
- Gisele Breder, Ana Paula Huback, A perda de distinção fonética entre –l e –u em fim de sílaba e consequências para a pluralização in 2012, Cadernos de Letras da UFF – Dossiê: Palavra e imagem, number 44, page 371:
Por outro lado, palavras polissílabas terminadas em –u favorecem o plural em –l (peso relativo de 0.678).- On the other hand, polysyllabic words ending in -u favour the plural in -l (relative weight of 0.678).
Synonyms
Noun
polissílabo m (plural polissílabos)
- a polysyllabic word