hendecasyllabic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /henˌdek.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
(General American) IPA^(key): /hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Rhymes: -æbɪk

Adjective

hendecasyllabic (not comparable)

Having eleven syllables.

Translations

having eleven syllables

Catalan: hendecasíl·lab (ca)
Dutch: elflettergrepig
Finnish: yksitoistatavuinen
Galician: hendecasílabo

German: elfsilbig
Portuguese: hendecassílabo
Spanish: endecasílabo (es)

Noun

hendecasyllabic (plural hendecasyllabics)

A word or line of eleven syllables.

Related terms

hendecasyllable

Further reading

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Hendecasyllabics

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