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Definition of Syllable
1. Noun. A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme. "The word `pocket' has two syllables"
Group relationships: Word
Specialized synonyms: Ultima, Penult, Penultima, Penultimate, Antepenult, Antepenultima, Antepenultimate, Reduplication, Solfa Syllable
Derivative terms: Syllabic, Syllabic, Syllabicate, Syllabify, Syllabize, Syllabize
Definition of Syllable
1. n. An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reënforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, §275.
2. v. t. To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate.
Definition of Syllable
1. Noun. (linguistics) A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables. ¹
2. Noun. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive poetic) To utter in syllables. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Syllable
1. to pronounce syllables (units of spoken language) [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllable
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