Meaning of the word syllable in English
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syllable
US /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/
UK /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/
Noun
1.
a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word (e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno).
Example:
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The word 'cat' has one syllable.
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She carefully pronounced each syllable of the long word.
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