disyllables
Words with two
Disyllables are words of two syllables.
The term appears mainly in poetry and linguistics, where syllable count matters for meter or phonological analysis: Common disyllables include "water," "happy," and "begin".
Also spelled dissyllables.
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
- diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions
- trocheeStressed-then-unstressed foot
- iambTwo-syllable metrical foot
spondee · stress · vowel · accent · phonics · prosody · digraph · affix
Two successive verse lines
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- balladNarrative poem or song
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
limerick · verse · rhyming · meter · iamb · trochee · spondee · dactyl
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
- diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions
- trocheeStressed-then-unstressed foot
iamb · spondee · stress · vowel · accent · phonics · prosody · digraph · affix · penult
couplet
Two successive verse lines
haiku · limerick · verse · rhyming · meter · iamb · trochee · spondee · dactyl · anapest
tempo
Rate of musical performance
meter · accent · downbeat · upbeat · syncopation · backbeat · drumbeat · heartbeat · footfall · tapping
woman
Adult female human
river · window · children · heaven · father · mother · brother · sister · after · over