syllable

syl·la·ble  (sl-bl)

n.

1.

a. A unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone, or by any of these sounds preceded, followed, or surrounded by one or more consonants.

b. One or more letters or phonetic symbols written or printed to approximate a spoken syllable.

2. The slightest bit of spoken or written expression: Do not alter a syllable of this message.

tr.v. syl·la·bled, syl·la·bling, syl·la·bles

To pronounce in syllables.

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[Middle English sillable, from Anglo-Norman, alteration of Old French sillabe, from Latin syllaba, from Greek sullab, from sullabein, second aorist of sullambanein, to combine in pronunciation : sun-, syn- + lambanein, to take.]

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syllable [ˈsɪləb^əl]

n

1. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a combination or set of one or more units of sound in a language that must consist of a sonorous element (a sonant or vowel) and may or may not contain less sonorous elements (consonants or semivowels) flanking it on either or both sides: for example ``paper'' has two syllables See also open [34b] closed [6a]

2. (Linguistics) (in the writing systems of certain languages, esp ancient ones) a symbol or set of symbols standing for a syllable

3. the least mention in speech or print don't breathe a syllable of it

in words of one syllable simply; bluntly

vb

1. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) to pronounce syllables of (a text); articulate

2. (Linguistics) (tr) to write down in syllables

[via Old French from Latin syllaba, from Greek sullabē, from sullambanein to collect together, from sul- syn- + lambanein to take]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

syllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables" language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" ultima - the last syllable in a word penult, penultima, penultimate - the next to last syllable in a word antepenult, antepenultima, antepenultimate - the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end reduplication - the syllable added in a reduplicated word form solfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization

Translations

syllable [ˈsɪləbl] N → sílaba f
I will explain it in words of one syllable → te lo explico como a un niño

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syllable [ˈsɪləb^əl] n → syllabe f

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syllable

n → Silbe f; a two-syllable(d) word → ein zweisilbiges Wort; in words of one syllable (hum) → in einfachen Worten

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syllable [ˈsɪləbl] n → sillaba

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syllable

n syllable [ˈsiləbl]

a word or part of a word usually containing a vowel sound Cheese' has one syllable, `but-ter' two and `mar-ga-rine' three. lettergreep مَقْطَع сричка slabika stavelse die Silbe συλλαβή sílaba silp هجا tavu syllabe הֲבָרָה अक्षर slog szótag suku kata atkvæði sillaba 音節 skiemuo zilbe suku kata lettergreep stavelse sylaba sílaba silabă слог slabika zlog slog stavelse พยางค์ hece 音節 слово; склад لفظ کا وہ ٹکڑا جو ایک بار میں ادا ہو âm tiết 音节

adj syllabic [-ˈlӕ-]

sillabies مَقْطَعي сричков slabičný stavelses- Silben-... συλλαβικός silábico silbiline هجايي tavu- syllabique הֲבָרָתִי आक्षरिक -složan (jednosložan, dvosložan), slogovni szótag- bersuku kata atkvæðis- sillabico 音節の 음절의 silabinis, skiemeninis sillabisks; zilbisks; zilbes- suku kata syllabisch stavelses- sylabiczny silábico silabic слоговой slabičný zlogoven slogovni stav-elsebildande เกี่ยวกับพยางค์ heceye ait 音節的 складовий; силабічний ہجا thuộc âm tiết 音节的

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syllable → مقطع لفظي slabika stavelse Silbe συλλαβή sílaba tavu syllabe slog sillaba 音節 음절 lettergreep stavelse sylaba sílaba слог stavelse พยางค์ hece âm tiết 音节