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Defenition of the word syllable

    • Defenition of the word syllable

      • A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants.
      • a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"
      • a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket'' has two syllables"
      • a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

    Meronymys for the word syllable

      • word

    Hyponyms for the word syllable

      • antepenult
      • antepenultima
      • antepenultimate
      • penult
      • penultima
      • penultimate
      • reduplication
      • solfa syllable
      • ultima

    Hypernyms for the word syllable

      • language unit
      • linguistic unit

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