different between hendecasyllable vs hendecasyllabic

English

Alternative forms

• endecasyllable (common misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ?????????????? (hendekasúllabos); equivalent to hendeca- +? syllable.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h?n'd?k?s??l?bl, h?nd?'k?s??l?bl, IPA^(key): /?h?nd?k??s?l?bl/, /h?n?d?k??s?l?bl/

Noun

hendecasyllable (plural hendecasyllables)

1. (chiefly prosody) A line, verse, or word that comprises eleven syllables.

Related terms

• hendecasyllabic

Translations

References

• “hendecasyllable” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ?????????????? (hendekasúllabos), from ?????? (héndeka, “eleven”) + ??????? (sullab?, “syllable”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h?n?d?k.?.s??læb.?k/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /hen?dek.?.s??læb.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h?n?d?k.?.s??læb.?k/
• Rhymes: -æb?k

Adjective

hendecasyllabic (not comparable)

1. Having eleven syllables.

Translations

Noun

hendecasyllabic (plural hendecasyllabics)

1. A word or line of eleven syllables.

Related terms

• hendecasyllable

Further reading

• Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Hendecasyllabics