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syllable
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syllable
n.
segment of speech uttered with a single impulse of air; smallest amount of speech or writing
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Syllable
A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants).
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syllable
Noun
1. a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"
(hypernym) language unit, linguistic unit
(hyponym) penult, penultima, penultimate
(part-holonym) word
(derivation) syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise
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syllable (de)
n.
syllable, segment of speech uttered with a single impulse of air
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syllable
n.
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