English

Etymology
:Middle English and Middle French sillabe, from the Latin syllaba, from Greek ��λλαβή, which means something which holds or stays together.

Pronunciation
(General American|US) IPA|/�sɪl�bɫ/
audio|en-uk-syllable.ogg|Audio (UK)

Noun
en-noun

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

Related terms
syllabary
syllabic
syllabification
syllabify
monosyllable
polysyllable

Translations

CJKV Characters: �
Chinese: ��, ��
Czech: slabika f (1,2)
Danish: stavelse
Dutch: lettergreep f
Finnish: tavu
French: syllabe f
German: Silbe f
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Greek: ��λλαβή f
Hungarian: szótag (1,2)
Italian: sillaba f
Japanese: ��
Korean: ��
Portuguese: sílaba f
Russian: �лог m (slog)
Serbian: slog m
Slovak: slabika f
Spanish: sílaba f
Swedish: stavelse c (1,2)

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• 2007-10-15 19:46 - Stephen G. Brown - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/JakeEMan|JakeEMan]] ([[User_talk:JakeEMan|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Interwicket|Interwicket]]

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