hendecasyllabic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

hendecasyllabic (not comparable)

  1. Having eleven syllables.

Translations

Noun

hendecasyllabic (plural hendecasyllabics)

  1. A word or line of eleven syllables.

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