syllable
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
syllable
- /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ Australia, Canada, US
- [ˈsɪl.ə.bɫ̩] Australia, Canada, US
Where it comes from
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”).
noun syllables · syllab · syllabe
- 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; anything concise or short; a particle. 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?
verb syllables · syllabling · syllabled · syllab · syllabe
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jing, ethiopic, ethiopian, ethiopia, beat, segment, phone, phoneme, mora, foot, pulse, emission, cadence, articulation, utterance, accent
Translations
Every language
noun unit of speech
| Español | sílaba |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 음절 eumjeol |
| 日本語 | 音節 onsetsu |
| 中文 | 音節 /音节 yīnjié |
| हिन्दी | शब्दांश śabdāñś, अक्षर akṣar, हिजा hijā |
| Kiswahili | silabi |
| Português | sílaba |
| Français | syllabe |
| Deutsch | Silbe |
| Italiano | sillaba |
| Ελληνικά | συλλαβή syllaví |
| Română | silabă |
| Русский | слог slog, склад sklad |
| Tiếng Việt | âm tiết |
| العربية | مَقْطَع لَفْظِيّ maqṭaʕ lafẓiyy, مَقْطَع maqṭaʕ |
| עברית | הֲבָרָה havará |
verb to utter in syllables
| Ελληνικά | συλλαβίζω syllavízo |
|---|
Talk about this word "syllable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/syllable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. syllable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/syllable "syllable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/syllable.Cite this
@misc{syllable_2026,
title = {syllable},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syllable},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
