SINCE 1828
trisyllable
noun
tri·syl·la·ble
| \ ˈtrī-ˌsi-lə-bəl
, (ˌ)trī-ˈ\
, (ˌ)trī-ˈ\
Definition of trisyllable
: a word of three syllables
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