Syllable

sil′a-bl, n. several letters taken together so as to form one sound: a word or part of a word uttered by a single effort of the voice: a small part of a sentence.— v.t. to expre by syllables, to utter.— n. Syll′abary , a list of characters representing syllables—also Syllabā′rium .— adjs. Syllab′ic , -al , consisting of a syllable or syllables.— adv. Syllab′ically .— vs.t. Syllab′icāte , Syllab′ify ( pa.t. and pa.p. syllab′ified), to form into syllables— ns. Syllabicā′tion , Syllabificā′tion ; Syll′abism , syllabic character, representation of syllables. [L. syllaba —Gr. syllabē — syn , with, lab- , lambanein , to take.]