decasyllabic

English

Etymology

deca- +‎ syllabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk/

Adjective

decasyllabic (not comparable)

Having ten syllables.
- 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 23, p. 152,
  The accomplishment was nothing. The meticulous maps, drawn in three colors of ink, learning and spelling decasyllabic words, memorizing the whole of The Rape of Lucrece—it was for nothing.
Composed of decasyllables.

Translations

having ten syllables

Dutch: tienlettergrepig
Esperanto: deksilaba
Finnish: kymmentavuinen

Georgian: ათმარცვლიანი (atmarcvliani)
German: zehnsilbig (de)
Irish: deichshiollach

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