Meaning of Syllable | Babel Free
ˈsɪl.ə.bəlDefinitions
- A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
- The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
- A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
heca
Беларуская
склад
Български
сричка
বাংলা
অক্ষর
Català
síl·laba
Čeština
slabika
Dansk
stavelse
Deutsch
Silbe
Esperanto
silabo
Español
sílaba
Eesti
silp
Suomi
tavu
Français
syllabe
Gaeilge
siolla
Gàidhlig
lide
Galego
sílaba
ગુજરાતી
અક્ષર
עברית
הברה
Magyar
szótag
Հայերեն
վանկ
Íslenska
atkvæði
Italiano
sillaba
ქართული
მარცვალი
Қазақша
буын
ខ្មែរ
ព្យាង្គ
Кыргызча
муун
Latina
syllaba
Lëtzebuergesch
Silb
ລາວ
ພະຍາງ
Lietuvių
skiemuo
Latviešu
zilbe
Македонски
слог
Монгол
үе
Bahasa Melayu
suku kata
Malti
sillaba
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ဝဏ္ဏ
Português
sílaba
Română
silaba
Slovenčina
slabika
Slovenščina
zlog
Shqip
rrokje
Svenska
stavelse
Kiswahili
silabi
ไทย
พยางค์
Tagalog
pantig
Türkçe
hece
Українська
склад
اردو
اکشر
Examples
“I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.”
“Then let them caſt backe their eyes vnto former generations of men, and marke what was done in the prime of the world. Seth, Enoch, Noah, Sem, Abraham, Iob, and the reſt that liued before any ſyllable of the law of God was written, did they not ſinne as much as wee doe in euery action not commanded?”
“Th'Archbyſhop Is the Kings hand, and tongue, and who dare ſpeak One ſyllable againſt him?”
“In none of my travels did I ever meet him or learn a syllable of his whereabouts.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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