pentasillabo

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin pentasyllabus, from Ancient Greek πεντασύλλαβος (pentasúllabos). By surface analysis, penta- +‎ sillabo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pen.taˈsil.la.bo/
  • Rhymes: -illabo
  • Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧sìl‧la‧bo

Adjective

pentasillabo (feminine pentasillaba, masculine plural pentasillabi, feminine plural pentasillabe)

  1. (linguistics, prosody) pentasyllabic

Further reading

  • pentasillabo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • pentasillabo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • pentasìllabo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • pentasìllabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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