A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables.
The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή, from συλλαμβάνω, from συν- + λαμβάνω.
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