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- [sil-uh-buh l]
- /ˈsɪl ə bəl/
- /ˈsɪl.ə.bl̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sil-uh-buh l]
- /ˈsɪl ə bəl/
Definitions of syllables word
- noun syllables an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds: “Eye,” “sty,” “act,” and “should” are English words of one syllable. “Eyelet,” “stifle,” “enact,” and “shouldn't” are two-syllable words. 1
- noun syllables one or more written letters or characters representing more or less exactly such an element of speech. 1
- noun syllables the slightest portion or amount of speech or writing; the least mention: Do not breathe a syllable of all this. 1
- verb with object syllables to utter in syllables; articulate. 1
- verb with object syllables to represent by syllables. 1
- verb without object syllables to utter syllables; speak. 1
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Origin of syllables
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English sillable < Anglo-French; Middle French sillabe < Latin syllaba < Greek syllabḗ, equivalent to syl- syl- + lab- (base of lambánein ‘to take’) + -ē noun suffix
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Parts of speech for Syllables
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
syllables popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
syllables usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for syllables
noun syllables
- affricates — Plural form of affricate.
- consonants — Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to vowel). (in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, as b, r, and g in brig (opposed to sonant). Compare vowel (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as the b of be, the w of we, the y, s, and t of yeast, etc.
- diphthongs — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
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