Associations to the word «Syllable»
Noun
- Javanese
- Chanting
- Cor
- Parenthesis
- Emphasis
- Tense
- Rhythm
- Recitation
- Ta
- Reflex
- Ib
- Chant
- Kon
- Stem
- Contraction
- Sentence
- Ga
- Duration
- Sound
- Speech
- Pause
- Counting
- Doo
- Rp
- Ri
- Ng
- Hiatus
- Inversion
- Meter
- Lexicon
- Constraint
- Repeating
- Sonnet
- Quantity
- Ambiguity
- Sequence
- Constituent
- Distinction
- Ous
- Borrowing
- Heavy
- Placement
- Cree
- Vocabulary
- Language
- Pattern
- Segment
- Gram
- Linguistics
- Seventeen
- Syntax
- Chaucer
- Linguist
- Inventory
- Speaker
- Harmony
- Melody
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
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed
in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy,
hope.