octosyllabic

English

Alternative forms

octasyllabic

Etymology

octo- +‎ syllabic

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒk.təʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɔk.təʉ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑk.toʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Rhymes: -æbɪk

Adjective

octosyllabic (not comparable)

Containing eight syllables
- 1872, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poetry and Imagination
  If you hum or whistle the rhythm of the common English metres,— of the decasyllabic quatrain, or the octosyllabic with alternate sexisyllabic, or other rhythms, […]

Related terms

octosyllable

Translations

containing 8 syllables

Breton: eizhsilabennek (br)
Dutch: achtlettergrepig
Esperanto: oksilaba
Finnish: kahdeksantavuinen
German: achtsilbig (de)
Hungarian: nyolc szótagú/szótagos
Serbo-Croatian: osmèračkī (sh)
Spanish: octosílabo (es), octosilábico

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