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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

pen•ta•syl•la•ble n.

Linguistics, Poetrya word or line of verse of five syllables.

1810–20; penta- + syllable

pen•ta•syl•lab•ic adj. pen′ta•syl′la•bism, n.

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