syllable

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
2. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
3. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.

Verb

To utter in syllables.

Conceptos

sílaba

silaba

Sinónimos

word

single word

byte

pronounce in syllables

speech sound

foot

🦶

phoneme

Traducciones

syllabe

Silbe

sillaba

lettergreep

συλλαβή

sílaba

síl·laba

syllabe

hece

syllaba

sillaba

hece

kite

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: syllable

In summary

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, “I gather together”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).