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disyllabic [Brit ˌdʌɪsɪˈlabɪk, Am ˌdaɪsəˈlæbɪk] N ADJ

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Some disyllabic forms have medial consonants beginning with three penultimate vowels (u-, i-, a-; the last of which is default). en.wikipedia.org

However, when one of the above words forms part of a compound, the disambiguating syllable is generally dropped and the resulting word is still disyllabic. en.wikipedia.org

This call is a pair of strident, disyllabic chirps, similar to those of the house sparrow, but louder and high-pitched, transcribed as "chweeng-chweeng, cheela-cheeli". en.wikipedia.org

Disyllabic names of railway lines, freeways, and provinces are often formed by taking one character from each of the two locales' names. en.wikipedia.org

Disyllabic nouns starting with a prefix need to be learned individually. en.wikipedia.org

The song includes disyllabic "tsi-fee" notes repeated several times. en.wikipedia.org

Almost all other vowel combinations are possible, but only across two adjacent syllables, such as the disyllabic vowel combination in "kua" well. en.wikipedia.org

There is a tendency for words to have two syllables (disyllabic) with perhaps 80% of the lexicon being disyllabic. en.wikipedia.org

Since all verbs are required to have two syllables, a meaningless prefix must be added to the verb to fulfill the disyllabic requirement. en.wikipedia.org

In general a noun stem will contain from one to three syllables, out of these disyllabic are most common. en.wikipedia.org

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