English-Thai Dictionary

syllable

N พยางค์  speech sound pa-yang

 

syllable

VT ออกเสียง ทีละ พยางค์  ออกเสียง อย่างชัดเจน  pronounce in syllables ook-sing-te-la-pa-yang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SYLLABLE

n.[L. syllaba; Gr. to comprehend, and to take. ] 1. A letter, or a combination of letters, uttered together, or at a single effort or impulse of the voice. A vowel may form a syllable by itself, as a, the definitive, or in amen; e in even; o in over, and the like. A syllable may also be formed of a vowel and one consonant, as in go, do, in, at; or a syllable may be formed by a vowel with two articulations, one preceding, the other following it, as in can, but, tun; or a syllable may consist of a combination of consonants, with one vowel or diphthong, as strong, short, camp, voice.
A syllable sometimes forms a word, and is then significant, as in go, run, write, sun, moon. In other cases, a syllable is merely part of a word, and by itself is not significant. Thus ac, in active, has no signification.
At least one vowel or open sound is essential to the formation of a syllable; hence in every word there must be as many syllables as there are single vowels, or single vowels and diphthongs. A word is called according to the number of syllables it contains, viz.
Monosyllable, a word of one syllable.
Dissyllable, a word of two syllables.
Trisyllable, a word of three syllables.
Polysyllable, a word of many syllables.
2. A small part of a sentence or discourse; something very concise. This account contains not a syllable of truth.
Before a syllable of the law of God was written.

 

SYLLABLE

v.t.To utter; to articulate. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SYLLABLE

Syl "la *ble, n. Etym: [OE. sillable, OF. sillabe, F. syllabe, L.syllaba, Gr. labh, rabh. Cf. Lemma, Dilemma. ]

 

1. An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reënforcement,of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, §275.

 

2. In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language. Withouten vice [i. e. mistake ] of syllable or letter. Chaucer.

 

3. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle. Before any syllable of the law of God was written. Hooker. Who dare speak One syllable against him Shak.

 

SYLLABLE

SYLLABLE Syl "la *ble, v. t.

 

Defn: To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

syllable

syl la ble |ˈsiləbəl ˈsɪləbəl | ▶noun a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno . • a character or characters representing a syllable. • [ usu. with negative ] the least amount of speech or writing; the least mention of something: I'd never have breathed a syllable if he'd kept quiet. ▶verb [ with obj. ] pronounce (a word or phrase ) clearly, syllable by syllable. DERIVATIVES syl la bled adjective [ usu. in combination ] : poems of few-syllabled lines ORIGIN late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together ’ + lambanein ‘take. ’

 

syllable-timed

syl la ble-timed |ˈsɪləbəl taɪmd | ▶adjective (of a language ) characterized by a rhythm in which syllables occur at roughly equivalent time intervals, irrespective of the stress placed on them. French is a syllable-timed language. Contrasted with stress-timed.

 

Oxford Dictionary

syllable

syllable |ˈsɪləb (ə )l | ▶noun a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno . • a character or characters representing a syllable. • [ usu. with negative ] the least amount of speech or writing; the least mention of something: I'd never have breathed a syllable if he'd kept quiet. ▶verb [ with obj. ] pronounce (a word or phrase ) clearly, syllable by syllable. PHRASES in words of one syllable using very simple language; expressed plainly. DERIVATIVES syllabled adjective [ usu. in combination ] : many-syllabled words ORIGIN late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together ’ + lambanein ‘take ’.

 

syllable-timed

syllable-timed ▶adjective (of a language ) characterized by a rhythm in which syllables occur at roughly equivalent time intervals, irrespective of the stress placed on them. French is a syllable-timed language. Contrasted with stress-timed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

syllable

syl la ble /sɪ́ləb (ə )l /〖語源は 「並べ合わせたもの 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〘音声 〙音節 , シラブル ; 音節を表すつづり字 ▸ The word ‘willow ’ consists of two syllables .willowという語は2音節から成る 2 〖通例否定文で 〗ひと言 ; 半句 ▸ Don't mention a syllable of this .このことについてひと言たりとも言うな 動詞 他動詞 …を音節を区切ってはっきり発音する .