syllable
/ˈsɪləbl/noun
उच्चारण सिलबल
अक्षर (शब्दांश)
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any of the units into which a word is divided, containing a vowel sound and usually one or more consonants
अक्षर (शब्दांश)
- 'Water' has two syllables.
- The word 'banana' has three syllables.
- The stress in 'important' falls on the second syllable.
+ 2 more examples
- How many syllables are there in the word 'beautiful'?
- Children clap to count the syllables in each word.
Synonyms sound unit phonetic unit
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
syllable (countable noun)
A syllable is a unit of sound with one vowel sound. Words are described by the number of syllables: one-syllable, two-syllable.
'Syllable' ध्वनि की इकाई है जिसमें एक vowel sound होती है। शब्दों का वर्णन syllables की संख्या से होता है: one-syllable, two-syllable।
- 'Table' has two syllables.
- It is a three-syllable word.
syllable + noun (compound modifier)
With a number it forms a hyphenated modifier. The syllable stays singular: a four-syllable word.
संख्या के साथ यह हाइफ़न वाला modifier बनाता है। Syllable एकवचन रहता है: a four-syllable word।
- 'Beautiful' is a three-syllable word.
stress on the first / second syllable
Stress is placed on one syllable. We say on the first or the second syllable.
Stress एक syllable पर होता है। 'On the first' या 'on the second syllable' कहा जाता है।
- The stress in 'happy' falls on the first syllable.
- 'Begin' has the stress on the second syllable.
not a syllable / every syllable
Not a syllable means nothing at all. Every syllable means each part of the speech.
'Not a syllable' का अर्थ कुछ भी नहीं है। 'Every syllable' का अर्थ वाणी का प्रत्येक भाग है।
- He did not say a syllable.
- She pronounced every syllable clearly.
syllable vs. stress / vowel
A syllable is the unit; stress is the force put on one syllable; a vowel sound forms the centre of each syllable.
Syllable इकाई है; stress किसी एक syllable पर दिया गया बल है; और vowel sound प्रत्येक syllable का केंद्र बनती है।
- 'Photograph' has three syllables.
- The stress in 'photograph' is on the first.
+Collocations 4
adjective + syllable
firstlaststressedunstressedopenclosed
- The stress is on the last syllable of 'police'.
verb + syllable
divide intostresspronouncecountdropswallow
- Count the syllables in each word.
number + syllable + word
one-syllabletwo-syllablethree-syllablemulti-syllable
- 'Water' is a two-syllable word.
syllable + noun
stresscountbreakstructurepattern
- The syllable count of a poem decides its rhythm.
“More examples 6
- The word 'education' has four syllables.
'Education' शब्द में चार syllables हैं।
- Radhika clapped her hands once for each syllable.
राधिका ने हर syllable पर एक बार ताली बजाई।
- Many Indian students put the stress on the wrong syllable.
कई भारतीय विद्यार्थी stress ग़लत syllable पर लगाते हैं।
- A haiku has seventeen syllables in three lines.
हाइकु में तीन पंक्तियों में सत्रह syllables होते हैं।
- The speaker said every syllable slowly and clearly.
वक्ता ने हर syllable धीरे और स्पष्ट बोला।
- Divide the word 'important' into syllables: im-por-tant.
'Important' शब्द को syllables में बाँटिए: im-por-tant।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ 'Computer' is a three syllables word.
✓ 'Computer' is a three-syllable word.
A number modifier before a noun is hyphenated and singular.
संख्या वाला modifier noun से पहले हाइफ़न के साथ एकवचन में आता है।
✗ The stress is at the first syllable.
✓ The stress is on the first syllable.
Stress falls on a syllable, so use on.
Stress किसी syllable पर पड़ता है, इसलिए 'on' आता है।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
sound unit phonetic unit
AaSpelling
syl·la·ble
With y and double l (not 'sillable').
अक्सर पूछा जाता है: syl-la-ble, y और दो l के साथ ('sillable' नहीं)।
?Which word?
Keep apart syllable (a sound unit in a word) and syllabus (a list of topics to be studied; plural syllabuses or syllabi).
Syllable (शब्द की ध्वनि-इकाई) और syllabus (पढ़े जाने वाले विषयों की सूची, पाठ्यक्रम; plural syllabuses या syllabi) को अलग रखिए।
§Grammar and usage
Stress falls on one syllable of a word (PHOtograph, phoTOgraphy, photoGRAphic); a monosyllable has one syllable ('cat'), a polysyllable many.
Stress शब्द के एक syllable पर पड़ता है (PHOtograph, phoTOgraphy, photoGRAphic); monosyllable में एक syllable होता है ('cat'), polysyllable में कई।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Not a syllable (not a single word).
Idiom 'not a syllable' (एक भी शब्द नहीं)।