polysyllabic in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for polysyllabic in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

Translations for polysyllabic in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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polisílabo (polisílaba)
polysyllabic

polysyllabic in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for polysyllabic in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

Translations for polysyllabic in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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polisílabo (-a)
polysyllabic
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This goal, acting simultaneously with the child's initial inability to produce polysyllabic words, often results in weak-syllable deletion.
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In a polysyllabic word, the tone of the first syllable determines the tone of the entire word.
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With polysyllabic forms the glottal stop is optional, and when prefixed it is not retained.
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Final "-am", which appears in polysyllabic verbs, is always unstressed.
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In the following sections, polysyllabic generally means of more than two syllables.
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Nouns stressed in this way are declined in the same manner as other polysyllabic nouns.
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In polysyllabic words, the front-back distinction is lost in reduced vowels: all become mid-central.
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In polysyllabic words, secondary stress may also be present.
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Back-chaining is a technique used in teaching oral language skills, especially with polysyllabic or difficult words.
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Polysyllabic morphemes tend to be borrowings from other languages.
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