syllable

1. A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme (synset 106315661)
   "the word `pocket' has two syllables"
   is a type of: language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
   subtypes:

   • ultima - the last syllable in a word
   • penult, penultima, penultimate - the next to last syllable in a word
   • antepenult, antepenultima, antepenultimate - the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
   • reduplication - the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
   • solfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization
   is a part of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify

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