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Showing words for SYLLABLE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Syllable

sellably, syllable

7 Letter Words for Syllable

syllabe

6 Letter Words for Syllable

allels, alleys, allyls, baleys, ballsy, basely, bayles, belays, labels, leally, syllab

5 Letter Words for Syllable

ables, absey, abyes, allel, alley, allyl, asyle, bales, balls, bally, basel, basle, basyl, bayes, bayle, belay, bells, belly, blaes, blase, blays, bleys, eably, elayl, ellas, esbay, label, lalls, lally, lesya, lyase, sable, sably, salle, sally, sealy, sella, selly, yales, yells

4 Letter Words for Syllable

abel, abey, able, abls, ably, abye, abys, albe, albs, ales, alls, ally, ayes, bale, ball, bals, base, baye, bays, beal, bela, bell, bels, bely, besa, beys, blae, blas, blay, blea, bley, byes, easy, ells, eyas, labs, lall, lase, lays, leal, leas, leys, lyes, lyse, sabe, sale, sall, seal, sell, slab, slay, sley, syll, yalb, yale, yeas, yell

3 Letter Words for Syllable

abl, abs, aby, aes, alb, ale, all, als, aly, asb, ase, asl, aye, ays, bae, bal, bas, bay, bel, bes, bey, bls, bye, bys, eas, ebs, ela, elb, ell, els, eyl, lab, las, lay, lbs, lea, les, ley, llb, lye, lys, sab, sal, say, sbe, sea, sel, sey, sla, sle, sly, sye, syl, yas, yea, yes

Definitions for Syllable

[1] an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds: “Eye,” “sty,” “act,” and “should” are English words of one syllable. “Eyelet,” “stifle,” “enact,” and “shouldn't” are two-syllable words.
[2] one or more written letters or characters representing more or less exactly such an element of speech.
[3] the slightest portion or amount of speech or writing; the least mention: Do not breathe a syllable of all this.
[4] to utter in syllables; articulate.
[5] to represent by syllables.
[6] to utter syllables; speak.
[7] a combination or set of one or more units of sound in a language that must consist of a sonorous element (a sonant or vowel) and may or may not contain less sonorous elements (consonants or semivowels) flanking it on either or both sides: for example "paper" has two syllables See also open (def. 34b), closed (def. 6a)
[8] (in the writing systems of certain languages, esp ancient ones) a symbol or set of symbols standing for a syllable
[9] the least mention in speech or print don't breathe a syllable of it
[10] in words of one syllable simply; bluntly
[11] to pronounce syllables of (a text); articulate
[12] (tr) to write down in syllables

Words related to Syllable

click, consonant, liquid, phone, sonant, affricate, diphthong, fricative, implosive, plosive, sibilant, spirant, vocable

Words nearby Syllable

syllabicate, syllabicity, syllabify, syllabism, syllabize, syllable, syllable-timed, syllabogram, syllabography, syllabub, syllabus

Origin of Syllable

1350–1400; Middle English sillable < Anglo-French; Middle French sillabe < Latin syllaba < Greek syllabḗ, equivalent to syl- syl- + lab- (base of lambánein ‘to take’) + -ē noun suffix

Other words from Syllable

half-syl·la·bled , adjective
un·syl·la·bled , adjective

Word origin for Syllable

C14: via Old French from Latin syllaba, from Greek sullabē, from sullambanein to collect together, from sul- syn- + lambanein to take

Synonyms for Syllable

affricate, click, consonant, diphthong, fricative, implosive, liquid, phone, phonetic entity, phonetic unit, plosive, sibilant, sonant, spirant, vocable