adj
Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
n
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
adj
(phonology, of a consonant) Acting simultaneously as the coda of one syllable and the onset of the following syllable.
n
(poetry, phonetics) The property of a consonant being analysed as acting simultaneously as the coda of one syllable and the onset of the following syllable.
n
The substitution of a long for a short syllable (or vice versa) to break up the rhythm of a poem.
adj
Alternative form of anacreontic [(prosody) Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.]
adj
(linguistics, poetry) of or pertaining to metrical systems in which syllables are of differing lengths
n
(linguistics, poetry) the use of anisosyllabic verse
adj
(poetry) Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
adj
(poetry) Of the elevation of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word, usually the part of the word or phrase upon which the stress or accent falls.
n
(prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
adj
(prosody) Containing assonance
adj
(prosody) Having or containing two different types of metre
n
A sentence or phrase in which a syllable or short sequence of syllables is repeated, often with different meanings. Example: Wright did not write "rite" right.
adj
(phonology, of a syllable) Having two morae, i.e. being composed of either two short vowels, or one long vowel, or a diphthong.
adj
Comprising two syllables.
n
(linguistics) A syllable that ends in a consonant.
n
(linguistics) analysis or division of a rhythmical period into cola
n
(music) Synonym of syntonic comma
n
(prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
n
(mostly plural) A decasyllable.
n
(rare, linguistics) The property of having ten syllables.
adj
(rhetoric) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other.
adj
(phonetics) Accented on the second syllable.
n
A short metrical pause between two identical vowel sounds, one at the end of a word, the other at the beginning of the next word.
n
A division into two syllables.
adj
Alternative form of disyllabified [(rare) Made disyllabic; pronounced as two syllables.]
n
Alternative form of disyllabism [The quality of being disyllabic, or having two syllables.]
v
To form into two syllables.
n
Alternative form of disyllable [A word comprising two syllables.]
adj
Comprising two syllables.
n
The state or characteristic of having two syllables.
adj
(rare) Made disyllabic; pronounced as two syllables.
n
The quality of being disyllabic, or having two syllables.
n
A word consisting of twelve syllables.
adj
Alternative form of dodecasyllabic [Of twelve syllables.]
n
Alternative form of dodecasyllable [A word consisting of twelve syllables.]
adj
Comprising two syllables; bisyllabic.
n
A word containing two syllables.
adj
Having eleven syllables.
n
Alternative form of hendecasyllable [(chiefly prosody) A line, verse, or word that comprises eleven syllables.]
adj
Having nine syllables.
n
(phonology) the quality of being extrasyllabic, of occurring outside a syllable
n
(rare) A syllable (or syllables) at the beginning of a word.
adj
Relating to graphemes and syllables
n
The use of alliteration at the beginning of stressed syllables
n
A word or line of eleven syllables.
adj
Having seven syllables.
adj
(linguistics) Not occurring in the same syllable.
adv
In different syllables.
n
The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.
n
Alternative form of hyperdisyllable [Any word that has more than two syllables]
n
Any word that has more than two syllables
adj
Of or relating to a hypermonosyllable.
adj
Extremely polysyllabic.
adj
Smaller than a syllable
n
(poetry and literature) Arrangement of two similar words, lines, etc. to form the middle part of a structure.
adj
(music) In which the phrases of two or more voices are the same length.
adj
(linguistics, poetry) of or pertaining to metrical systems in which syllables are of equal length
n
(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse
n
(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse
n
(prosody) A long syllable.
n
(prosody) A caesura following a stressed syllable.
adj
(prosody) Relating to a system of different form intervening between a strophe and its antistrophe.
adj
having a regular rhythm
adj
Occurring in the middle of a syllable.
adj
Composed of a single word or single-word sentences.
n
(rare, countable) A work consisting of a single part (as opposed to a dilogy, trilogy, etc.)
adj
(poetry) Of or pertaining to a monometer.
adj
(phonology, of a syllable) Containing one mora.
adj
(poetry) Employing a single rhyme.
n
A poem having only one line.
n
a word consisting of one syllable
n
Conversion into monosyllabic form
n
The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
n
Frequent occurrence of monosyllables.
n
Conversion to monosyllabic form
adj
Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.
adj
(linguistics) Representing both a syllable and a morpheme.
adj
(of a word) Having more than one syllable.
adj
(linguistics) Having nine syllables.
adj
Alternative form of octosyllabic [Containing eight syllables]
adj
Containing eight syllables
adj
Alternative form of octosyllabic [Containing eight syllables]
adj
Having relatively few syllables
n
(linguistics) A syllable that has no coda after its nucleus, and which hence ends in a vowel.
n
(Indian linguistics) a labial consonant
adj
(prosody) Having a stress on the last syllable.
adj
(grammar) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
adj
Having five syllables.
adj
(poetry) Having unusual or multiple metre.
adj
(of a word) Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables.
adj
Alternative form of polysyllabic [(of a word) Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables.]
n
(of linguistic expression) The state or characteristic of having a polysyllabic or overly complex style.
n
The state or characteristic of being polysyllabic.
n
(linguistics) The state or characteristic of having or using words containing multiple syllables, sometimes as a stage in the development of language.
n
A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the antepenultimate (third to last) syllable
adj
having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable
adj
Of, or relating to, prosody.
n
(poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.
n
A rhythmic precursor to a syllable in birdsong
adj
Having four syllables.
n
A word of four syllables.
adj
(prosody) Having fifteen syllables.
adj
Having five syllables.
n
A word of five syllables.
adj
(poetry, rhetoric) Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.
n
(linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
adj
Alternative form of rhopalic [(poetry, rhetoric) Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.]
n
(prosody) In ancient prosody, the unit of time: one of the two divisions of a foot.
adj
Relating to a semi-syllabary
n
(phonology) A minor syllable.
adj
Having seven syllables.
n
A word of seven syllables.
adj
(of a word or words) Long; polysyllabic.
adj
(of a word) Consisting of a minor syllable plus a full syllable.
n
(linguistics) The condition of being sesquisyllabic
n
(linguistics) A prosodic word consisting of an unstressed “minor” syllable followed by a stressed “major” syllable.
adj
Alternative form of sexisyllabic [Having six syllables.]
n
Alternative spelling of stichomythia [(poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.]
adj
(linguistics, of a syllable) stressed more than is usual
adj
Longer than a syllable
n
(prosody) A syllable of unfixed or undecided weight.
n
Obsolete form of syllable. [(linguistics) A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables.]
adj
Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
n
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually the initial ones, of several words.
n
A division between syllables in a word.
adj
Alternative form of syllabic [Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.]
adj
Able to be syllabified.
adj
(nonstandard, rare) That denotes syllabic breaks.
n
One who forms or divides words into syllables.
n
(phonology) Property of syllables related to quantity.
adj
(linguistics) Of a language: such that every spoken syllable takes up more or less the same amount of time.
adj
Having a specified number of syllables.
n
The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.
n
(prosody) Elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.
adj
(prosody) Having a continuous metre not separated by diaeresis.
n
(poetry) A poetic figure of speech in which two consecutive vowel sounds in the same word are pronounced as a single phoneme so that certain words adhere to a particular poetic meter.
n
(prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
adj
(linguistics) Occurring in the same syllable.
adj
(rare) Having fourteen syllables.
adj
Having four syllables.
n
(also used attributively) A word comprising four syllables.
n
(prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.
n
A number allocated to a syllable in various transliteration systems such as Hanyu Pinyin indicating the tone in which it is pronounced.
adj
Composed of three short (or unstressed) syllables
n
(rhetoric) A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.
adj
(phonetics) Involving three consonants.
adj
(rare) Having thirteen syllables, or thirteen syllables per line.
adj
(phonology) Having three morae.
n
A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.
n
(linguistics) A word occurring only three times in a given corpus.
n
(prosody) A group of three semeia.
n
Alternative form of trisyllable [a word of three syllables]
n
a word comprising three syllables
adj
trisyllabic; of three syllables.
n
(linguistics) The property of having three syllables.
n
a word of three syllables
adj
(linguistics, poetry) Having eleven syllables.
adj
(music) Having a single metre throughout.
adj
(linguistics) Having a variable number of syllables, depending on pronunciation or analysis.
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