syllable /silˈə-bl/

1. A segment of speech uttered by a (more or less) single effort of the voice, forming a spoken word or part of a word
2. (loosely, usu with a neg) a single sound or word, a murmur

To express by syllables, utter articulately

syllˈabary noun

A (system of writing composed of a) set of symbols representing syllables (also syllabāˈrium)

syllabic /sil-abˈik/ adjective

1. Of or constituting a syllable or syllables
2. Syllable by syllable
3. Based on a fixed number of syllables

syllabˈical adjective (obsolete)

Syllabic

syllabˈically adverb

syllabˈicate transitive verb

To syllabify

syllabicāˈtion noun

Syllabification

syllabicity /-isˈi-ti/ noun

syllabˈics plural noun

Verse patterned not by stresses but by syllables

syllabificāˈtion noun

1. Pronunciation as a syllable
2. Division into syllables

syllabˈify transitive verb

To divide into syllables

syllˈabism noun

1. Use of a syllabary
2. Division into syllables

syllˈabize or syllˈabise transitive verb

1. To form or divide into syllables
2. To sing to syllables

syllˈabled adjective

Having (in compounds, so many) syllables

• guerrillas
• guerrillero
• guerrilleros
• gues
• guess
• guessable
• guessed
• guesser
• guessers
• guesses
• guessing
• guessingly
• guessings
• guesstimate
• guesstimated
• guesstimates
• guesstimating
• guesswork
• guessworks
• guest
• guest beer
• guest beers
• guest-chamber
• guest-chambers
• guested