syllablenoun [ C ]
usuk/ˈsɪl.ə.bl̩/B2 a single unit of speech, either a whole word or one of the parts into which a word can be separated, usually containing a vowel
Examples
- In the word 'engine', you should stress the first syllable.
- The word 'button' has two syllables.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: morphology & parts of words
- -athon
- -ative
- -ee
- -ese
- compound
- disyllabic
- est
- ill
- monosyllabic
- monosyllable
- morpheme
- particle
- polysyllabic
- portmanteau word
- prefix
- s
- stem
- that'd
- that'll
- that's
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syllabic
adjective usuk/sɪˈlæb.ɪk/specialized