1. A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
   "the word 'pocket' has two syllables"

Derived forms: syllables

See also: syllabic, syllabicate, syllabize

Type of: language unit, linguistic unit

Part of: word

Encyclopedia: Syllable

• latke
• Latona
• latration
• latria
• latrine
• Latrobe
• Latrodectus
• Latrodectus mactans
• lats
• latte
• latten
• latter
• latter-day
• Latter-Day Saint
• latterly
• lattice
• latticed
• latticelike
• latticework
• Latvia
• Latvian
• Latvian monetary unit
• laud
• laudability
• laudable