evanescent
adjectiveHow many syllables in evanescent?
There are 4 syllables in the word evanescent.How to pronounce evanescent:
Definition of evanescent:
- evanescent (adjective):
- tending to vanish like vapor
- tending to vanish like vapor.
Synonyms for evanescent:
brief
deciduous
ephemeral
fading
flash
fleeting
fugacious
fugitive
impermanent
little
momentary
passing
short
short-lived
temporary
transient
transitory
vanishing
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- omnivorous
- kwashiorkor
- chaotically
- cacophony
- businessman
- inferior
- fibonacci
- manoeuvre
- italicize
- ayurveda
- Secilia
- obligation
- pied-a-terre
- preposition
- antecedent
- sabbatical
- perseverance
- suburbanite
- implausible
- contentious
- prerogative
- expatriate
- operetta
- multiplicand
- condolences
- insolently
- transferable
- coalescing
- replenishment
- literally
- atrocity
- absurdity
- mathematics
- unswervingly
- viridescent
- comprehensive
- meditative
- discontented
- gratefulness
- providential
- disorganised
- detestation
- mythologize
- symbolism
- munificent
- telegenic
- apocryphal
- establishment
- nonjudgmental
- persistently
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Syllable Fun Fact
Some languages, like Japanese, are considered mora-timed, where the duration of each syllable (or mora) is approximately equal.
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