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 | ||