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Meaning of "decasyllable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECASYLLABLE

decasyllable  [ˈdɛkəˌsɪləbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECASYLLABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decasyllable is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECASYLLABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decasyllable

Decasyllable (Italian: decasillabo, French: décasyllabe) is a poetic meter of ten syllables used in poetic traditions of syllabic verse. In languages with a stress accent (accentual verse), it is the equivalent of pentameter with iambs or trochees (particularly iambic pentameter). Decasyllable was used in epic poetry of the Southern Slavs (for example Serbian epic poetry sung to the gusle instrument). It has also been used as the basic structure for several poetic forms in the English language including the Decasyllabic quatrain as well as in many English sonnets Medieval French heroic epics (the chansons de geste) were most often composed in 10 syllable verses (from which, the decasyllable was termed "heroic verse"), generally with a regular caesura after the fourth syllable. (The medieval French romance (roman) was however most often written in 8 syllable (or octosyllable) verse.) Use of the 10 syllable line in French poetry however was eclipsed by the 12 syllable "alexandrine" line, particularly after the 16th century. Paul Valéry's great poem "The Graveyard by the Sea" (Le Cimetière marin) is, however, written in decasyllables.

Definition of decasyllable in the English dictionary

The definition of decasyllable in the dictionary is a word or line of verse consisting of ten syllables.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECASYLLABLE


assimilable
əˈsɪmɪləbəl
available
əˈveɪləbəl
bailable
ˈbeɪləbəl
dissyllable
dɪˈsɪləbəl
disyllable
ˈdaɪsɪləbəl
dodecasyllable
ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsɪləbəl
hendecasyllable
ˈhɛndɛkəˌsɪləbəl
irreconcilable
ɪˈrɛkənˌsaɪləbəl
monosyllable
ˈmɒnəˌsɪləbəl
octosyllable
ˈɒktəˌsɪləbəl
polysyllable
ˈpɒlɪˌsɪləbəl
quadrisyllable
ˈkwɒdrɪˌsɪləbəl
refillable
riːˈfɪləbəl
resaleable
riːˈseɪləbəl
saleable
ˈseɪləbəl
scalable
ˈskeɪləbəl
syllable
ˈsɪləbəl
tetrasyllable
ˌtɛtrəˈsɪləbəl
trisyllable
traɪˈsɪləbəl
unavailable
ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECASYLLABLE

decarburize
decare
decartelize
decastere
decastich
decastyle
decasualisation
decasualization
decasualize
decasyllabic
decathlete
decathlon
Decatur
decaudate
decay
decayable
decayed
decayer
decaying
decayless

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECASYLLABLE

able
articulable
billable
calculable
concealable
controllable
fillable
in words of one syllable
incalculable
inviolable
manipulable
peelable
recyclable
regulable
resealable
rollable
scrollable
sellable
semblable
uncontrollable
unsellable

Synonyms and antonyms of decasyllable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decasyllable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECASYLLABLE

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The translations of decasyllable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decasyllable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

decasyllable
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decasyllable
570 millions of speakers

English

decasyllable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decasyllable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

decasyllable
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

decasyllable
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decasyllable
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দশটি শব্দাংশবিশিষ্ট কাব্য-পংক্তি বা শব্দ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

decasyllable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boleh dibatalkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

decasyllable
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

decasyllable
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decasyllable
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decasyllable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

decasyllable
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பத்து அசைகள் கொண்ட சொல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंडनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

decasyllable
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decasyllable
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decasyllable
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

decasyllable
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decasyllable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

decasyllable
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decasyllable
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decasyllable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decasyllable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decasyllable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECASYLLABLE»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECASYLLABLE»

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Decasyllable
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Decasyllable is a poetic meter of ten syllables used in poetic traditions of syllabic verse.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Decasyllable
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Decasyllable (Italian: decasillabo, French: decasyllabe) is a poetic meter of ten syllables used in poetic traditions of syllabic verse.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition
A. G. ENGSTROM; C. SCOTT; J. PRESTO DECASYLLABLE. A line of ten syllables; metrical structures built on it vary, but normally the term refers to the Fr. decasyllabe and the Eng. *iambic pentameter. In Fr. verse, the decasyllable appeared ...
Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani, 2012
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
A. G. ENGSTROM; C. SCOTT; J. PRESTO DECASYLLABLE. A line of ten syllables; metrical structures built on it vary, but normally the term refers to the Fr. decasyllabe and the Eng. *iambic pentameter. In Fr. verse, the decasyllable appeared ...
Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, 2012
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The Singer Resumes the Tale
In our two octosyllabic songs, brat 'brother' is used for the family member. Med ' honey' does not, to the best of my knowledge, have a traditional epithet and cannot be used in the appropriate position, that is, in the second part, of a decasyllable ...
Albert Bates Lord, Mary Louise Lord, 1995
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The Cambridge Introduction to French Poetry
Indeed, the octosyllable and decasyllable were used more widely than the alexandrine before the mid- 1550s, and enjoy an even longer and nobler lineage . The octosyllable is ubiquitous in medieval narrative and lyric poetry; shorter meters ...
Mary Lewis Shaw, 2003
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A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French ...
In classical prosody, the impair (line with an odd number of syllables: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13) is uncommon, and of the lines with caesura, the decasyllable comes next to the alexandrine in order of significance. The caesura of the decasyllable usually  ...
Clive Scott, 1986
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Traditions of Heroic and Epic Poetry: The traditions
The commonest epic metre is the decasyllable, with a regular caesura after the fourth syllable. This is the metre of the Chanson de Roland and of most of the earlier surviving epics. A six/four cut occurs occasionally but is uncommon.
Arthur Thomas Hatto, 1980
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Collected Papers
The last period is analysed as follows: <L yQovia |3potoiai <p&- -ua, Korr& uoi | 36ocaov oi- -ktpOCV OttOC tOIS EVepO' 'Atpel- -Scas, dx6parra <pepoua' 6vefSr| . The corresponding decasyllable in the antistrophe is 'Epi]-vuv. tis av euttCCtpis  ...
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Collected Papers of A. M. Dale
The corresponding decasyllable in the antistrophe is 'Epi]-vuv. tis dv EUTTOcrpis &5e pAdcrToi; The coincidence of pause in the sense at once raises suspicions of this artificial division into cola.1 There is no need to suspect the earlier ...
Amy Marjorie Dale, Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster, Eric Gardner Turner, 1969

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECASYLLABLE»

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