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Definition of syllable
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of syllable is as below...
Syllable
(n.) 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..
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Syllable
::
Syllable
(n.) 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..
Multisyllable
::
Multisyllable
(n.) A word of many
syllables;
a
polysyllable.
Articulate
::
Articulate
(v. t.) To form, as the
elementary
sounds;
to utter in
distinct
syllables
or
words;
to
enunciate;
as, to
articulate
letters
or
language..
Paragoge
::
Paragoge
(n.) The
addition
of a
letter
or
syllable
to the end of a word, as
withouten
for
without..
Dissyllabic
::
Dissyllabic
(a.)
Consisting
of two
syllables
only; as, a
dissyllabic
foot in
poetry..
Hypermeter
::
Hypermeter
(n.) A verse which has a
redundant
syllable
or foot; a
hypercatalectic
verse.
Foot
::
Foot (n.) A
combination
of
syllables
consisting
a
metrical
element
of a
verse,
the
syllables
being
formerly
distinguished
by their
quantity
or
length,
but in
modern
poetry
by the
accent..
Preantenultimate
::
Preantenultimate
(a.) Being or
indicating
the
fourth
syllable
from the end of a word, or that
before
the
antepenult..
Ionic
::
Ionic (n.) A foot
consisting
of four
syllables:
either
two long and two
short,
-- that is, a
spondee
and a
pyrrhic,
in which case it is
called
the
greater
Ionic;
or two short and two long, -- that is, a
pyrrhic
and a
spondee,
in which case it is
called
the
smaller
Ionic..
Circumflex
::
Circumflex
(n.) A
character,
or
accent,
denoting
in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long
syllable,
marked
thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other
languages,
denoting
a long and
contracted
syllable,
marked
[/ or ^]. See
Accent,
n., 2..
Oxytone
::
Oxytone
(a.)
Having
an acute
sound;
(Gr.
Gram.),
having
an acute
accent
on the last
syllable..
Accent
::
Accent
(n.)
Stress
laid on
certain
syllables
of a
verse.
Polysyllable
::
Polysyllable
(n.) A word of many
syllables,
or
consisting
of more
syllables
than
three;
-- words of less than four
syllables
being
called
monosyllables,
dissyllables,
and
trisyllables..
Mi
::
Mi (n.) A
syllable
applied
to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in
European
solmization,
but to the third tone of any scale in the
American
system..
Polysyllabical
::
Polysyllabical
(a.)
Pertaining
to a
polysyllable;
containing,
or
characterized
by,
polysyllables;
consisting
of more than three
syllables..
Diastole
::
Diastole
(n.) A
figure
by which a
syllable
naturally
short is made long.
Octosyllabical
::
Octosyllabical
(a.)
Consisting
of or
containing
eight
syllables.
Terrasyllable
::
Terrasyllable
(n.) A word
consisting
of four
syllables;
a
quadrisyllable.
Implosion
::
Implosion
(n.) A
sudden
compression
of the air in the
mouth,
simultaneously
with and
affecting
the sound made by the
closure
of the
organs
in
uttering
p, t, or k, at the end of a
syllable
(see Guide to
Pronunciation,
//159,
189); also, a
similar
compression
made by an
upward
thrust
of the
larynx
without
any
accompanying
explosive
action,
as in the
peculiar
sound of b, d, and g, heard in
Southern
Germany..
Syllabe
::
Syllabary
(n.) A table of
syllables;
more
especially,
a table of the
indivisible
syllabic
symbols
used in
certain
languages,
as the
Japanese
and
Cherokee,
instead
of
letters..
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