hendecasyllable
nounUK /ˌhɛndɪkəˈsɪləbl/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος (hendekasúllabos); equivalent to hendeca- + syllable.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences A line, verse, or word that comprises eleven syllables.
- Related terms
- hendecasyllabic
- Coordinate terms
- monosyllable, disyllable, trisyllable, tetrasyllable, pentasyllable, sexisyllable, heptasyllable, octosyllable, enneasyllable, decasyllable, dodecasyllable, polysyllable