"heptasyllable" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: heptasyllables [plural]
Etymology: From hepta- + syllable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hepta|syllable}} hepta- + syllable Head templates: {{en-noun}} heptasyllable (plural heptasyllables)
  1. (poetry) line of verse with seven syllables Related terms: heptasyllabic

Inflected forms

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          "word": "monosyllable"
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        {
          "word": "tetrasyllable"
        },
        {
          "word": "pentasyllable"
        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "octosyllable"
        },
        {
          "word": "enneasyllable"
        },
        {
          "word": "decasyllable"
        },
        {
          "word": "endecasyllable"
        },
        {
          "word": "dodecasyllable"
        },
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    },
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