English noun: syllable | |||
1. | syllable (communication) a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme | ||
Samples | The word `pocket' has two syllables. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | language unit, linguistic unit | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | antepenult, antepenultima, antepenultimate, penult, penultima, penultimate, reduplication, solfa syllable, ultima | ||
Part meronym | word | ||