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   syllable

   /ˈsɪləbl/

   noun

   • 1. a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
   • ▪ a character or characters representing a syllable.
   • ▪ the least amount of speech or writing; the least mention of something: "I'd never have breathed a syllable if he'd kept quiet"

   verb

   • 1. pronounce (a word or phrase) clearly, syllable by syllable.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together’ + lambanein ‘take’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. syllabled adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • S

     1

   • Y

     4

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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