syllabe

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

syllabe

sillebe in Old French; (13th century) sillabe; (16th century) syllabe, from Latin syllaba (same meaning) from Greek συλλαβή syllabè (same meaning) from syn- ('with') and the verb lambanein ('to take').

Definition

linguistique

Plural

syllabes

Hyponyms

syllabe ferméesyllabe ouverte

Translations

  • germangerman:Silbe
  • englishenglish:syllable
  • chinesechinese:音节
  • spanishspanish:sílaba
  • finnishfinnish:tavu
  • italianitalian:sillaba
  • japanesejapanese:音節
  • dutchdutch:lettergreep
  • portugueseportuguese:sílaba
  • swedishswedish:stavelse

See also

syllabation (cn.) syllaber (v.) monosyllabisme (cn.) syllabe (v.) syllabes (v.) dodécasyllabe (adj.) syllabisation (cn.) syllabisme (cn.) équisyllabisme (cn.) syllabaire (cn.) syllabaire (adj.) syllabique (adj.) tétrasyllabe (adj.) trisyllabe (adj.) décasyllabe (adj.) dissyllabe (adj.) dissyllabe (cn.) dissyllabique (adj.) monosyllabe (adj.) monosyllabe (cn.)