Syllable

//ˈsɪl.ə.bəl//

Synonyms for "syllable" (142 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (42)

Related words (71)

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9 relation types

More general

2 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

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Showing 16 of 41 words.

derived from

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has context

1 entries

is a

1 entries

meronym

4 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

7 entries

Translations

118 translations across 95 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • lettergreep noun (unit of speech)

Albanian

1 entries
  • rrokje noun (unit of speech)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • συλλαβή noun (unit of speech)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مَقْطَع noun (unit of speech)
  • مَقْطَع لَفْظِيّ noun (unit of speech)

Armenian

1 entries
  • վանկ noun (unit of speech)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • heca noun (unit of speech)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ижек noun (unit of speech)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • склад noun (unit of speech)

Bengali

3 entries
  • অক্ষর noun (unit of speech)
  • পদাংশ noun (unit of speech)
  • সিল্যাব্ল noun (unit of speech)

Breton

1 entries
  • silabenn noun (unit of speech)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • сри́чка noun (unit of speech)
  • произнасям на срички verb (to utter in syllables)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဝဏ္ဏ noun (unit of speech)

Catalan

1 entries
  • síl·laba noun (unit of speech)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 音節 /音节 noun (unit of speech)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • eca noun (unit of speech)

Czech

1 entries
  • slabika noun (unit of speech)

Danish

1 entries
  • stavelse noun (unit of speech)

Dutch

2 entries
  • lettergreep noun (unit of speech)
  • syllabe noun (unit of speech)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • silabo noun (unit of speech)

Estonian

1 entries
  • silp noun (unit of speech)

Faroese

1 entries
  • stavilsi noun (unit of speech)

Finnish

1 entries
  • tavu noun (unit of speech)

French

1 entries
  • syllabe noun (unit of speech)

Galician

1 entries
  • sílaba noun (unit of speech)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მარცვალი noun (unit of speech)

German

1 entries
  • Silbe noun (unit of speech)

Greek

2 entries
  • συλλαβή noun (unit of speech)
  • συλλαβίζω verb (to utter in syllables)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • અક્ષર noun (unit of speech)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הֲבָרָה noun (unit of speech)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अक्षर noun (unit of speech)
  • शब्दांश noun (unit of speech)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szótag noun (unit of speech)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Silleb noun (unit of speech)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • atkvæði noun (unit of speech)
  • samstafa noun (unit of speech)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • silabel noun (unit of speech)
  • suku kata noun (unit of speech)
  • wanda noun (unit of speech)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • syllaba noun (unit of speech)

Irish

1 entries
  • siolla noun (unit of speech)

Italian

1 entries
  • sillaba noun (unit of speech)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 音節 noun (unit of speech)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • ниилвр noun (unit of speech)

Kankanaey

1 entries
  • gedwan di kali noun (unit of speech)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • буын noun (unit of speech)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ព្យាង្គ noun (unit of speech)

Korean

1 entries
  • 음절 noun (unit of speech)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • муун noun (unit of speech)

Lao

1 entries
  • ພະຍາງ noun (unit of speech)

Latin

1 entries
  • syllaba noun (unit of speech)

Latvian

1 entries
  • zilbe noun (unit of speech)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • lèttergreep noun (unit of speech)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • skiemuo noun (unit of speech)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • złožka noun (unit of speech)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Silb noun (unit of speech)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • слог noun (unit of speech)

Malay

1 entries
  • suku kata noun (unit of speech)

Maltese

1 entries
  • sillaba noun (unit of speech)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • үе noun (unit of speech)

Māori

2 entries
  • haupū noun (unit of speech)
  • kūoro noun (unit of speech)

Nogai

1 entries
  • бувын noun (unit of speech)

Norman

1 entries
  • syllabe noun (unit of speech)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • hece noun (unit of speech)
  • kîte noun (unit of speech)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • stavelse noun (unit of speech)
  • staving noun (unit of speech)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • staving noun (unit of speech)

Pali

1 entries
  • vaṇṇa noun (unit of speech)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • склад noun (unit of speech)

Pashto

2 entries
  • سيلاب noun (unit of speech)
  • هجا noun (unit of speech)

Persian

2 entries
  • سیلاب noun (unit of speech)
  • هجا noun (unit of speech)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Silb noun (unit of speech)

Polish

2 entries
  • sylaba noun (unit of speech)
  • zgłoska noun (unit of speech)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • sílaba noun (unit of speech)

Romanian

1 entries
  • silabă noun (unit of speech)

Romansch

1 entries
  • silba noun (unit of speech)

Russian

2 entries
  • склад noun (unit of speech)
  • слог noun (unit of speech)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अक्षर noun (unit of speech)
  • वर्ण noun (unit of speech)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • lide noun (unit of speech)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • slȍg noun (unit of speech)
  • сло̏г noun (unit of speech)

Slovak

1 entries
  • slabika noun (unit of speech)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zlog noun (unit of speech)

Spanish

1 entries
  • sílaba noun (unit of speech)

Swahili

1 entries
  • silabi noun (unit of speech)

Swedish

1 entries
  • stavelse (1,2) noun (unit of speech)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pantig noun (unit of speech)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ҳиҷо noun (unit of speech)

Tatar

1 entries
  • иҗек noun (unit of speech)

Thai

1 entries
  • พยางค์ noun (unit of speech)

Turkish

1 entries
  • hece noun (unit of speech)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • bogun noun (unit of speech)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • склад noun (unit of speech)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اَکْشَر noun (unit of speech)
  • شبدانش noun (unit of speech)
  • ہِجا noun (unit of speech)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بوغۇم noun (unit of speech)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • boʻgʻin noun (unit of speech)
  • hijo noun (unit of speech)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • âm tiết noun (unit of speech)

Volapük

1 entries
  • silab noun (unit of speech)

Welsh

2 entries
  • sill noun (unit of speech)
  • sillaf noun (unit of speech)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טראַף noun (unit of speech)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • hece (diq) noun (unit of speech)

Zulu

1 entries
  • uhlamvu class 11/10 noun (unit of speech)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The accent of the word is on the second syllable.

Source: tatoeba (48092)

The accent of this word is on the second syllable.

Source: tatoeba (59345)

In the word "tomorrow", the accent is on the second syllable.

Source: tatoeba (72177)

The accent in "guitar" falls on the second syllable.

Source: tatoeba (72219)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

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