décasyllabe
French, adjective/de.ka.si.lab/
décasyllabe is spelled D-É-C-A-S-Y-L-L-A-B-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décasyllabe is a French adjective meaning “decasyllabic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a dix syllabes”.
What does décasyllabe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
decasyllabic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a dix syllabes.
noun: 1. Vers à dix syllabes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of décasyllabe
- décasyllabes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décasyllabe?
- /de.ka.si.lab/
- \de.ka.si.lab\
- [de.ka.si.lab]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is décasyllabe in French?
décasyllabe appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).