OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3533

syllable

/ˈsɪ.lə.bəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sílaba
A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, s…