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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

syllable

/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/

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What does syllable mean?

noun

  1. A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
  2. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
  3. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
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verb

  1. To utter in syllables.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/

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At the same time, it is only justice to myself to add, that I didn’t lose a syllable of the conversation.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
Emma amused herself by protesting that it was very extraordinary, indeed, and that she had not a syllable to say for him.
Jane AustenEmmaProject Gutenberg ebook #158
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How many quarrels, and of how great importance, has the doubt of the meaning of this syllable, hoc,* created in the world?
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
Very slowly and deliberately they enunciate each word and syllable with long-drawn emphasis, punctuating their sentences with pauses, some short and some long.
Tingfang WuAmerica, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatProject Gutenberg ebook #609
Mr. Micawber, whose impetuosity I had restrained thus far with the greatest difficulty, and who had repeatedly interposed with the first syllable of SCOUN-drel!
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766