syllable
nounEtymology
From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to gather together”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
Definitions
A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth
A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
- 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.
The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
A small part of a sentence or discourse
A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
- 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.
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To utter in syllables.
- [A] thouſand fantaſies Begin to throng into my memorie Of calling ſhapes, and beckning ſhadows dire, And ayrie tongues, that ſyllable mens names On Sands, and Shoars, and deſert Wilderneſſes.
The neighborhood
- neighborsyllabus
Derived
ambisyllabic, checked syllable, closed syllable, decasyllable, disyllable, dodecasyllable, duodecasyllable, duosyllable, enneasyllable, foresyllable, free syllable, hendecasyllable, heptasyllable, hexasyllable, intersyllable, in words of one syllable, midsyllable, monosyllable, multisyllable, octosyllable, oligosyllable, open syllable, pentasyllable, plurisyllable, polysyllabic, polysyllable, protosyllable, quadrisyllable, quinquesyllable, semisyllabic, semisyllable, septisyllable, sesquisyllable, syllabary, syllabatim, syllabic, syllabification, syllabify, syllable-timed, syllable timing · +3 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at syllable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at syllable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at syllable
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA