noun🔗ShareSilbeA unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables."The word "banana" has three syllables. "Das Wort „Banane“ hat drei Silben.languagephoneticslinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSilbeThe written representation of a given pronounced syllable."Here are the syllables in the word "computer": com-pu-ter. "languagegrammarphoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSilbeA small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle."The teacher asked us to count the syllables in each word. "Der Lehrer forderte uns auf, die Silben in jedem Wort zu zählen.languagephoneticslinguisticsgrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSilbenweise aussprechenTo utter in syllables."The teacher asked the student to syllables each word slowly so the class could hear the separate sounds within it. "Der Lehrer bat den Schüler, jedes Wort langsam silbenweise auszusprechen, damit die Klasse die einzelnen Laute darin hören konnte.languagecommunicationlinguisticswordphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading