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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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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..
Rhythm
::
Rhythm
(n.) A
division
of lines into short
portions
by a
regular
succession
of arses and
theses,
or
percussions
and
remissions
of voice on words or
syllables..
Antepenultimate
::
Antepenultimate
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the last
syllable
but two.
Expletive
::
Expletive
(n.) A word,
letter,
or
syllable
not
necessary
to the
sense,
but
inserted
to fill a
vacancy;
an
oath..
Euphony
::
Euphony
(n.) A
pleasing
or sweet
sound;
an easy,
smooth
enunciation
of
sounds;
a
pronunciation
of
letters
and
syllables
which is
pleasing
to the ear..
Triphthong
::
Triphthong
(n.) A
combination
of three vowel
sounds
in a
single
syllable,
forming
a
simple
or
compound
sound;
also, a union of three vowel
characters,
representing
together
a
single
sound;
a
trigraph;
as, eye, -ieu in
adieu,
-eau in beau, are
examples
of
triphthongs..
Fa
::
Fa (n.) A
syllable
applied
to the
fourth
tone of the
diatonic
scale in
solmization.
Preantenultimate
::
Preantenultimate
(a.) Being or
indicating
the
fourth
syllable
from the end of a word, or that
before
the
antepenult..
Parisyllabical
::
Parisyllabical
(a.)
Having
the same
number
of
syllables
in all its
inflections.
Epitrite
::
Epitrite
(n.) A foot
consisting
of three long
syllables
and one short
syllable.
Perispomenon
::
Perispomenon
(n.) A word which has the
circumflex
accent
on the last
syllable.
Prefix
::
Prefix
(v. t.) To put or fix
before,
or at the
beginning
of,
another
thing;
as, to
prefix
a
syllable
to a word, or a
condition
to an
agreement..
Roulade
::
Roulade
(n.) A
smoothly
running
passage
of short notes (as
semiquavers,
or
sixteenths)
uniformly
grouped,
sung upon one long
syllable,
as in
Handel's
oratorios..
Syllabication
::
Syllabicate
(v. t.) To form or
divide
into
syllables;
to
syllabify.
Y
::
Y () Y, the
twenty-fifth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
at the
beginning
of a word or
syllable,
except
when a
prefix
(see Y-), is
usually
a
fricative
vocal
consonant;
as a
prefix,
and
usually
in the
middle
or at the end of a
syllable,
it is a
vowel.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 145,
178-9,
272..
Reduplication
::
Reduplication
(n.) The
doubling
of a stem or
syllable
(more or less
modified),
with the
effect
of
changing
the time
expressed,
intensifying
the
meaning,
or
making
the word more
imitative;
also, the
syllable
thus
added;
as, L.
tetuli;
poposci..
Accent
::
Accent
(n.)
Stress
laid on
certain
syllables
of a
verse.
Antispast
::
Antispast
(n.) A foot of four
syllables,
the first and
fourth
short,
and the
second
and third long (#)..
Synneuroses
::
Synizesis
(n.) A
contraction
of two
syllables
into one;
synecphonesis.
Monosyllabled
::
Monosyllabled
(a.)
Formed
into, or
consisting
of,
monosyllables..
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