endecasillabo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκᾰσύλλᾰβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, eleven) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, syllable).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /en.de.kaˈsil.la.bo/, /ˌɛn.de.kaˈsil.la.bo/
  • Rhymes: -illabo
  • Hyphenation: en‧de‧ca‧sìl‧la‧bo

Adjective

endecasillabo (feminine endecasillaba, masculine plural endecasillabi, feminine plural endecasillabe)

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Noun

endecasillabo m (plural endecasillabi)

  1. A line of verse, containing from ten to sixteen syllables, in which the stress falls on the tenth syllable (in classical Italian verse)

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