Syllable
//ˈsɪl.ə.bəl//
Translations of "syllable" (95 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | lettergreep(unit of speech) | — | |
| Albanian | rrokje(unit of speech) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | συλλαβή(unit of speech) | sullabḗ | |
| Arabic | مَقْطَع(unit of speech), مَقْطَع لَفْظِيّ(unit of speech) | maqṭaʕ, maqṭaʕ lafẓiyy | |
| Armenian | վանկ(unit of speech) | vank | |
| Azerbaijani | heca(unit of speech) | — | |
| Bashkir | ижек(unit of speech) | ijek | |
| Belarusian | склад(unit of speech) | sklad | |
| Bengali | অক্ষর(unit of speech), পদাংশ(unit of speech), সিল্যাব্ল(unit of speech) | okkhor, podaṅśo, śillablo | |
| Breton | silabenn(unit of speech) | — | |
| Bulgarian | сри́чка(unit of speech), произнасям на срички(to utter in syllables) | sríčka, proiznasjam na srički | |
| Burmese | ဝဏ္ဏ(unit of speech) | wanna. | |
| Catalan | síl·laba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 音節 /音节(unit of speech) | yīnjié | |
| Crimean Tatar | eca(unit of speech) | — | |
| Czech | slabika(unit of speech) | — | |
| Danish | stavelse(unit of speech) | — | |
| Dutch | lettergreep(unit of speech), syllabe(unit of speech) | — | |
| Esperanto | silabo(unit of speech) | — | |
| Estonian | silp(unit of speech) | — | |
| Faroese | stavilsi(unit of speech) | — | |
| Finnish | tavu(unit of speech) | — | |
| French | syllabe(unit of speech) | — | |
| Galician | sílaba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Georgian | მარცვალი(unit of speech) | marcvali | |
| German | Silbe(unit of speech) | — | |
| Greek | συλλαβή(unit of speech), συλλαβίζω(to utter in syllables) | syllaví, syllavízo | |
| Gujarati | અક્ષર(unit of speech) | akṣar | |
| Hebrew | הֲבָרָה(unit of speech) | havará | |
| Hindi | अक्षर(unit of speech), शब्दांश(unit of speech) | akṣar, śabdāñś | |
| Hungarian | szótag(unit of speech) | — | |
| Hunsrik | Silleb(unit of speech) | — | |
| Icelandic | atkvæði(unit of speech), samstafa(unit of speech) | — | |
| Indonesian | silabel(unit of speech), suku kata(unit of speech), wanda(unit of speech) | — | |
| Interlingua | syllaba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Irish | siolla(unit of speech) | — | |
| Italian | sillaba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Japanese | 音節(unit of speech) | onsetsu | |
| Kalmyk | ниилвр(unit of speech) | niilvr | |
| Kankanaey | gedwan di kali(unit of speech) | — | |
| Kazakh | буын(unit of speech) | buyn | |
| Khmer | ព្យាង្គ(unit of speech) | pyiəng | |
| Korean | 음절(unit of speech) | eumjeol | |
| Kyrgyz | муун(unit of speech) | muun | |
| Lao | ພະຍາງ(unit of speech) | pha nyāng | |
| Latin | syllaba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Latvian | zilbe(unit of speech) | — | |
| Limburgish | lèttergreep(unit of speech) | — | |
| Lithuanian | skiemuo(unit of speech) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | złožka(unit of speech) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Silb(unit of speech) | — | |
| Macedonian | слог(unit of speech) | slog | |
| Malay | suku kata(unit of speech) | — | |
| Maltese | sillaba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Māori | haupū(unit of speech), kūoro(unit of speech) | — | |
| Mongolian | үе(unit of speech) | üje | |
| Nogai | бувын(unit of speech) | buvın | |
| Norman | syllabe(unit of speech) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | hece(unit of speech), kîte(unit of speech) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | stavelse(unit of speech), staving(unit of speech) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | staving(unit of speech) | — | |
| Pali | vaṇṇa(unit of speech) | — | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | склад(unit of speech) | sklad | |
| Pashto | سيلاب(unit of speech), هجا(unit of speech) | silāb, hejā | |
| Persian | سیلاب(unit of speech), هجا(unit of speech) | silâb, hejâ | |
| Plautdietsch | Silb(unit of speech) | — | |
| Polish | sylaba(unit of speech), zgłoska(unit of speech) | — | |
| Portuguese | sílaba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Romanian | silabă(unit of speech) | — | |
| Romansch | silba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Russian | склад(unit of speech), слог(unit of speech) | sklad, slog | |
| Sanskrit | अक्षर(unit of speech), वर्ण(unit of speech) | akṣara, varṇa | |
| Scottish Gaelic | lide(unit of speech) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | slȍg(unit of speech), сло̏г(unit of speech) | — | |
| Slovak | slabika(unit of speech) | — | |
| Slovene | zlog(unit of speech) | — | |
| Spanish | sílaba(unit of speech) | — | |
| Swahili | silabi(unit of speech) | — | |
| Swedish | stavelse (1,2)(unit of speech) | — | |
| Tagalog | pantig(unit of speech) | — | |
| Tajik | ҳиҷо(unit of speech) | hijo | |
| Tatar | иҗек(unit of speech) | icek | |
| Thai | พยางค์(unit of speech) | pá-yaang | |
| Turkish | hece(unit of speech) | — | |
| Turkmen | bogun(unit of speech) | — | |
| Ukrainian | склад(unit of speech) | sklad | |
| Urdu | اَکْشَر(unit of speech), شبدانش(unit of speech), ہِجا(unit of speech) | akśar, śabdānś, hijā | |
| Uyghur | بوغۇم(unit of speech) | boghum | |
| Uzbek | boʻgʻin(unit of speech), hijo(unit of speech) | — | |
| Vietnamese | âm tiết(unit of speech) | — | |
| Volapük | silab(unit of speech) | — | |
| Welsh | sill(unit of speech), sillaf(unit of speech) | — | |
| Yiddish | טראַף(unit of speech) | traf | |
| Zazaki | hece (diq)(unit of speech) | — | |
| Zulu | uhlamvu class 11/10(unit of speech) | — |
lettergreep
rrokje
heca
silabenn
síl·laba
slabika
stavelse
lettergreep, syllabe
silabo
silp
stavilsi
tavu
syllabe
sílaba
Silbe
szótag
Silleb
atkvæði, samstafa
silabel, suku kata, wanda
syllaba
siolla
sillaba
gedwan di kali
syllaba
zilbe
lèttergreep
skiemuo
złožka
Silb
suku kata
sillaba
haupū, kūoro
syllabe
hece, kîte
stavelse, staving
staving
vaṇṇa
Silb
sylaba, zgłoska
sílaba
silabă
silba
lide
slȍg, сло̏г
slabika
zlog
sílaba
silabi
stavelse (1,2)
pantig
hece
bogun
boʻgʻin, hijo
âm tiết
silab
sill, sillaf
hece (diq)
uhlamvu class 11/10
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.