syllabe

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

• Balsley, blasely, blasély

Pronunciation

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Noun

syllabe f (plural syllablen or syllables)

1. syllable

Etymology

From Latin syllaba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.lab/

Noun

syllabe f (plural syllabes)

1. syllable

Further reading

• “syllabe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsyl.la.be/, [ˈsʏl.la.bɛ]

Noun

syllabe

1. vocative singular of syllabus

Etymology

From Latin syllaba.

Noun

syllabe f (plural syllabes)

1. (Jersey, linguistics) syllable