A single unit of speech sound as written or spoken; specifically, a vowel preceded by zero to three consonants (“awl,” “bring,” “strand”), and followed by zero to four consonants (“too,” “brag,” “glos [..]

late 14c., from Anglo-French sillable, alteration of Old French silabe "syllable" (12c., Modern French syllabe), from Latin syllaba, from Greek syllabe "that which is held together; a s [..]

single, short, uninterrupted segment of speech.

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables" (syllabled) pronounced in syllables Syllable is a free and open source oper [..]

A unit of sound within a word. Every syllable must have a vowel (or a y acting as a vowel).

A word can be divided into syllables. Each syllable is a sound that can be said without interruption and are usually a vowel which can have consonants before and/or after it. SYLLABLE EXAMPLE: EG: Ele [..]

n. That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.

A character string or a bit string in a word.

The smallest unit of speech that normally occurs in isolation, or a distinct sound element within a word. This can consist of a vowel alone ('O') or a combination of a vowel and one or more [..]

A unit of sound within a word containing a single vowel sound, for example won-der-ful, sing-ly.

In the language this is item of the articulation, containing single vowel, or a vowel in combination with one or more consonants. The length of the sentence which is spoken is more often used as a sta [..]

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A unit of pronunciation making up a word. For example, the word 'badger' consists of two syllables 'bad' and 'ger'. In English, syllables can be defined as either stres [..]

A group of letters that usually contains a vowel and can be pronounced independently from the complete word.

(n) a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

A phonological structure composed of speech sounds. Words are made up of syllables. The syllable is the domain of association for such phenomena as accent, stress and lexical tone. Syllables are gener [..]

A part of a word that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel sound (e-vent, news-pa-per).

The most important structural unit in phonology. A syllable consists of a series of sounds which are grouped around a nucleus of acoustic prominence (usually a vowel). A closed syllable is one which h [..]

A part of a word that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel sound (e-vent, news-pa-per).

A syllable is a word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel sound (e-vent, news-pa-per).

A single fundamental sound grouping from which speech is constructed. Exactly one vowel sound (monophthong or diphthong) must be present.

a word or part of a word that has only one vowel sound

a single beat or sound in a spoken word e.g. "diff-i-cult" has three syllables

A syllable is a word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel sound (e-vent, news-pa-per).

 A segment of speech, typically produced with a single pulse of air from the lungs and consisting of a central part of relative sonority with or without one or more accompanying sounds of less sonorit [..]

A part of a word that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel sound (e-vent, news-pa-per).

a minimal unit of sequential speech sounds made up of a vowel sound or a vowel consonant combination and always contains a vowel sound