syllable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English and Middle French sillabe, from the Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή, which means something which holds or stays together.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ˈsɪləbɫ/
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[edit] Noun

syllable (plural syllables)

1. (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.
2. (grammar) the letters that represent a syllable

[edit] Related terms

• syllabary
• syllabic
• syllabification
• syllabify
• monosyllable
• polysyllable

[edit] Translations

CJKV Characters: 嘣 Chinese: 音節, 音节 Czech: slabika f. (1,2) Danish: stavelse Dutch: lettergreep f. Finnish: tavu French: syllabe f. German: Silbe f.

Greek: συλλαβή f. Hungarian: szótag (1,2) Italian: sillaba f. Japanese: 音節 Korean: 음절 Portuguese: sílaba f. Russian: слог m. (slog) Serbian: slog m. Slovak: slabika f. Slovene: zlog m. Spanish: sílaba f. Swedish: stavelse c. (1,2)