Pronunciation: /ˈsɪləbəl/
noun a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants
A1 A syllable is a unit of pronunciation.
A2 In English, a syllable typically contains a vowel sound.
B1 Students in this class are learning about stressed and unstressed syllables.
B2 The word 'elephant' has three syllables.
C1 Poetry often plays with syllable counts to create rhythm and flow.
C2 Linguists study the phonetics of syllables in different languages.
adjective relating to or consisting of syllables
A1 I can count the syllables in my name.
A2 She struggled to pronounce the syllable correctly.
B1 The English language has many words with multiple syllables.
B2 The teacher asked the students to break down the word into syllables.
C1 The poet carefully crafted each syllable to create a rhythmic flow in the poem.
C2 The linguist analyzed the syllable structure of the language to understand its phonological patterns.
formal The word 'elephant' has three syllables.
informal I struggle with words that have more than one syllable.
slang I can't deal with long words with too many syllables.
figurative Each syllable of the poem carried a different emotion.
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