Definitions for syllable

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syllable syl·la·ble

Spelling: [sil-uh-buh l]

IPA: /ˈsɪl ə bəl/

Syllable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in syllable (abelllsy).

Definitions for syllable

noun

1. an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds:
2. one or more written letters or characters representing more or less exactly such an element of speech.
3. the slightest portion or amount of speech or writing; the least mention:

verb (used with object)

1. to utter in syllables; articulate.
2. to represent by syllables.

verb (used without object)

1. to utter syllables; speak.

Origin of syllable

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 n

Examples for syllable

Things that sound almost like words but are just a syllable or two off.

Not a syllable of opposition to his reelection is heard from any quarter.

The tone of this syllable swooped up briefly, and then down.

I have been in the city to-day, and did not hear a syllable of this.

Her sobs and tears prevented his understanding one syllable she said.

Hamish did not say a syllable about the loss at table; neither did Arthur.

At the first syllable Obama uttered in its favor, the Republicans practically to a person would oppose it.

The extending out of one syllable is a great songwriting device.

But there is not one syllable in what he said that suggests the smallest amount of confusion.

No one shall have it in his power to say a syllable against me,' he returned. '