Associations to the word «Syllable»
Noun
- Transcription
- Aspiration
- Eleven
- Ku
- Termination
- Juncture
- Or
- Script
- Ge
- Template
- Pie
- Ut
- Tongue
- Refrain
- Notation
- Generalization
- Reversal
- Contrast
- Falling
- Paradigm
- Poetry
- Sol
- Insertion
- Pun
- Combination
- Rising
- Timing
- Letter
- Abbreviation
- Sutra
- Structure
- Symbol
- Hymn
- Ci
- Sg
- Linguistic
- Connexion
- Eight
- Poem
- Alternate
- Assign
- Ni
- Nom
- Derivation
- Marker
- Tendency
Adjective
- Auditory
- Mystic
- Incomprehensible
- Variant
- Sounding
- Inherent
- Attested
- Perceptual
- Meaning
- Syntactic
- Short
- Conditioned
- Compound
- Rounding
- Burmese
- Indicative
- Intelligible
- Arabic
- Middle
- Unpredictable
- Romance
- Distinguishing
- Canonical
- Metric
- Latin
- Simplified
- Sounded
- Underlying
- Ambiguous
- Distinct
- Repeated
- Closed
- Poetical
- Mono
- Null
- Corresponding
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
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind
must lie.