syllable
IPA: sˈɪɫʌbʌɫ
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.
- The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
- A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
verb
- (transitive, poetic) To utter in syllables.
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Examples of "syllable" in Sentences
- The stress is on the first syllable.
- The syllable miscount can be a mistake.
- In the first word of the second is syllable.
- The first syllable of the word is reduplicated.
- Elision is the omission of a sound or syllable in speech.
- The characteristic pronunciation of at the end of syllables.
- The words in both columns have the stress on the first syllable.
- In inflected words, stress lies on the last syllable of the verb stem.
- In other words, the tone is now the property of the word, not the syllable.
- This is the accidental transposition of syllables or sounds in a word or phrase.