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Imparisyllabic

Im-par′i-syl-lab′ic

,
Adj.
[L.
impar
unequal + E.
syllabic
: cf. F.
imparisyllabique
.]
(Gram.)
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables;
as, an
imparisyllabic
noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases
; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.

Definition 2024


imparisyllabic

imparisyllabic

English

Adjective

imparisyllabic (not comparable)

  1. Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis.

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Translations

Noun

imparisyllabic (plural imparisyllabics)

  1. An imparisyllabic noun.
    • 1974 (revised 1989), Peter Rickard, A History of the French Language, Routledge 2002, pp. 50-1:
      An adjectival type corresponding phonetically to the masculine third declension imparisyllabics is represented by some O.F. survivals of Latin comparative forms