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Disyllable

Noun CEFR B2
daɪˈsɪləbəɫ

Definitions

A word comprising two syllables.

Equivalents

3 more languages
Ελληνικάδισύλλαβο
Gàidhligdà-shioladh

Examples

“He felt as if the play⟳ itself penetrated him with the naked elbow of his neighbour, a great stripped, handsome, red-haired lady, who conversed with a gentleman on her other side in stray dissyllables which had for his ear, in the oddest way in the world, so much sound⟳ that he wondered they hadn't more sense⟳; and he recognised by the same law, beyond the footlights, what he was pleased to take⟳ for the very flush of English life.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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