It doesn’t look like a hokku: you need more syllables.
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Syllables
/ˈsɪləbl̩z/
Synonyms for "syllables" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
metrical unit
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
phonological unitprosodic unit
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
speech unitunit of pronunciation
Related word relations
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6 entrieslinguistic unitmetrical unitphonological unitpoetic unitprosodic unitspeech unit
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4 entriesclosed syllableopen syllablestressed syllableunstressed syllable
Collocations
6 entriesclosed syllableopen syllablestressed syllablesyllable boundarysyllable countsyllable nucleus
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
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How many syllables does this word have?
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Many's the time my mates were so yarn-hungry they had me falling asleep in the middle of a tale, halfway through a sentence, between syllables.
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The word Brasilia has four syllables and eight letters.
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