syllable
A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouthA unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
» This word has three syllables.
Dieses Wort hat drei Silben.
В этом слове три слога.
Це слово має три склади.
Meaning
3 sensesA unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
Silbe
слогslog, складsklad
складsklad
The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
- a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
Examples
59 sentencesThis word has three syllables.
Це слово має три склади.
ruВ этом слове три слога.
deDieses Wort hat drei Silben.
All of our children have three-syllable names.
This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a haiku.
ruЭтих строк размер соответствует точно стандартам хайку.
deDas hier ist ein Satz, dessen Silbenanzahl die, eines Haikus ist.
This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a good haiku.
ruВ сём предложенье столько слогов, как должно быть в хорошем хайку.
deDas hier ist ein Satz, dessen Silbenanzahl die, eines Haikus ist.
In this word, the accent falls on the last syllable.
ruВ этом слове ударение падает на последний слог.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, fFrom Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to gather together”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
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