syllables
Meaning of syllables
plural noun
a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
verb, 3rd person present
pronounce (a word or phrase) clearly, syllable by syllable.
late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together’ + lambanein ‘take’.
Information about syllables
- The singular form of syllables is: syllable.
- Languages in which syllables is used:
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Hyphenation of syllables
syl-la-bles
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- syllables is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with syllables
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