dodécasyllabe
French, noun/dɔ.de.ka.si.lab/
dodécasyllabe is spelled D-O-D-É-C-A-S-Y-L-L-A-B-E (13 letters). Dodécasyllabe is a French masculine noun meaning “dodecasyllable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vers de douze syllabes qui, s’il respectait les conventions de la césure de la poésie classique serait un…”.
What does dodécasyllabe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dodecasyllabic
noun
- 1
masculinedodecasyllable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui comporte douze syllabes.
noun: 1. Vers de douze syllabes qui, s’il respectait les conventions de la césure de la poésie classique serait un alexandrin lequel est composé de deux hémistiches de six syllabes chacun.
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 dodécasyllabe
- dodécasyllabes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dodécasyllabe?
- /dɔ.de.ka.si.lab/
- \do.de.ka.si.lab\
- [do.de.ka.si.lab]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.