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As a noun, syllable means 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. As a verb, it means utter in syllables.

Meanings of syllable

5 meanings

noun

  1. linguisticsA 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. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.

  3. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.

  4. A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

    “the word ‘pocket’ has two syllables”

verb

  1. poeticTo utter in syllables.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Words that rhyme with syllable

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