syllabe

English

Etymology

From French syllabe.

Noun

syllabe (plural syllabes)

  1. Obsolete form of syllable.
    • 1838, Barry Cornwall, The Works of Ben Jonson with a Memoir of His Life and Writings, London, p.776 (The English Grammar, Chap. VI):
      A Syllabe is a part of a word that may of itself make a perfect sound; and is sometimes of one only letter, which is always a vowel; sometimes of more.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

syllabe f (plural syllablen or syllables)

  1. syllable

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • eindsyllabe, slotsyllabe
  • voorsyllabe

Descendants

  • Indonesian: silabel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin syllaba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.lab/, /sil.lab/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ab

Noun

syllabe f (plural syllabes)

  1. syllable

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

syllabe

  1. vocative singular of syllabus

Norman

Etymology

From Latin syllaba.

Noun

syllabe f (plural syllabes)

  1. (Jersey, linguistics) syllable
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