Found 3 items, similar to syllable.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: syllable suku kata
English → English (WordNet) Definition: syllable syllable n : a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"
English → English (gcide) Definition: Syllable Syllable \Syl"la*ble\, n. [OE. sillable, OF. sillabe, F. syllabe, L. syllaba, Gr. ? that which is held together, several letters taken together so as to form one sound, a syllable, fr. ? to take together; ? with + ? to take; cf. Skr. labh, rabh. Cf. Lemma, Dilemma.] 1. An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or re["e]nforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect]275. [1913 Webster] 2. In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language. [1913 Webster] Withouten vice [i. e. mistake] of syllable or letter. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle. [1913 Webster] Before any syllable of the law of God was written. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] Who dare speak One syllable against him? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syllable \Syl"la*ble\, v. t. To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate. --Milton. [1913 Webster]