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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.