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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
disyllable /dʌɪˈsɪləb(ə)l, ˈdʌɪsɪl-/ (also dissyllable /dɪˈsɪləb(ə)l/)

▶noun Prosody a word or metrical foot consisting of two syllables.

– derivatives
disyllabic /ˌdʌɪsɪˈlabɪk/ adjective.

– origin C16: alt. (influenced by syllable) of Fr. disyllabe, via L. from Gk disullabos ‘of two syllables’.

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