heterosyllabic

adjective

het·​ero·​syllabic

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: belonging to another syllable or to different syllables

Word History

Etymology

heter- + syllabic

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Rhymes for heterosyllabic

• disyllabic
• monosyllabic
• polysyllabic
• syllabic