Syllable

Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants).

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Famous quotes containing the word syllable:

    “It was a purely wild and primitive American sound, as much as the barking of a chickaree, and I could not understand a syllable of it.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “He generally added the syllable um to his words when he could,—as paddlum, etc.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)