Associations to the word «Syllable»
Noun
- Vowel
- Consonant
- Phoneme
- Accent
- Pronunciation
- Phonology
- Mantra
- Stress
- Rhyme
- Mora
- Onset
- Stanza
- Suffix
- Om
- Initial
- Inflection
- Orthography
- Glide
- Noun
- Articulation
- Utterance
- Verb
- Prefix
- Verse
- Cadence
- Adjective
- Tone
- Repetition
- Mandarin
- Dialect
- Pitch
- Deletion
- Word
- Plural
- Assimilation
- Vc
- Spelling
- Nucleus
- Cluster
- Contour
- Ending
- Pronoun
- Sanskrit
- Phrase
- Unicode
- Meaning
- Veda
- Omission
- Brahman
- Morphology
- Alphabet
- Singular
- Pho
Adjective
Wiktionary
SYLLABLE, 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.
SYLLABLE, noun. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
SYLLABLE, noun. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
SYLLABLE, verb. (transitive) (poetic) To utter in syllables.
Dictionary definition
SYLLABLE, noun. A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.