Usually means: Two syllables in one word.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word disyllable:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. disyllable: Merriam-Webster
  2. disyllable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. disyllable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. disyllable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. disyllable: Vocabulary.com
  6. disyllable: Wiktionary
  7. disyllable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. disyllable (dissyllable): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. disyllable: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. disyllable: Dictionary.com
  11. disyllable: Rhymezone
  12. disyllable: FreeDictionary.org
  13. disyllable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. disyllable: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DISYLLABLE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. disyllable: Encyclopedia

(Note: See disyllabic as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (disyllable)

▸ noun:  A word comprising two syllables.

Similar:
dissyllable, duosyllable, hyperdisyllable, disyllabicity, polysyllable, polysyllabic, plurisyllable, monosyllabic, oligosyllable, biconsonantal, more...

Opposite:
monosyllable, one-syllable word

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Similar:
dissyllable, duosyllable, hyperdisyllable, disyllabicity, polysyllable, polysyllabic, plurisyllable, monosyllabic, oligosyllable, biconsonantal, more...

Opposite:
monosyllable, one-syllable word



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