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Meaning of Syllable | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsɪl.ə.bəl

Definitions

  1. A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
  2. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
  3. 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
Cymraeg sill sillaf
Dansk stavelse
Deutsch Silbe
Esperanto silabo
Español sílaba
Eesti silp
فارسی سیلاب هجا
Suomi tavu
Français syllabe
Gaeilge siolla
Gàidhlig lide
Galego sílaba
ગુજરાતી અક્ષર
עברית הברה
Magyar szótag
Հայերեն վանկ
Bahasa Indonesia silabel suku kata wanda
Íslenska atkvæði
Italiano sillaba
日本語 音節
ქართული მარცვალი
Қазақша буын
ខ្មែរ ព្យាង្គ
한국어 음절 찍소리
Kurdî hece heçê
Кыргызча муун
Latina syllaba
Lëtzebuergesch Silb
ລາວ ພະຍາງ
Lietuvių skiemuo
Latviešu zilbe
Македонски слог
Монгол үе
Bahasa Melayu suku kata
Malti sillaba
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဝဏ္ဏ
Nederlands lettergreep syllabe
Português sílaba
Română silaba
Русский склад слог
Slovenčina slabika
Slovenščina zlog
Shqip rrokje
Српски slog склад слог
Svenska stavelse
Kiswahili silabi
ไทย พยางค์
Tagalog pantig
Türkçe hece
Українська склад
اردو اکشر
Tiếng Việt âm tiết tiếng

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.
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