Syllable — definition

1. syllable (Noun)

syllable (Noun) — A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme. ex. "the word 'pocket' has two syllables" ex. "In this sixteen-syllabled metre were told the lives of the saints, and other religious subjects, which formed the literary staple of the people"

language unit linguistic unit antepenult antepenultima antepenultimate penult penultima penultimate reduplication solfa syllable ultima word