1. A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
   "the word 'pocket' has two syllables"

Derived forms: syllables

See also: syllabic, syllabicate, syllabize

Type of: language unit, linguistic unit

Part of: word

Encyclopedia: Syllable

• fetid bugbane
• fetid horehound
• fetidness
• fetish
• fetishise
• fetishism
• fetishist
• fetishistic
• fetishize
• fetlock
• fetlock joint
• fetology
• fetometry
• fetoprotein
• fetor
• fetoscope
• fetoscopy
• fetter
• fetter bone
• fetterbush
• fettered
• fettle
• fettling
• fettuccine
• fettuccine Alfredo