syllable

A unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone, or by any of these sounds preceded, followed, or surrounded by one or more consonants.

One or more letters or phonetic symbols written or printed to approximate a spoken syllable.

The slightest bit of spoken or written expression.

To pronounce in syllables.

The smallest separately articulated element in human utterance; a vowel, alone, or accompanied by one or more consonants, and separated by these or by a pause from a preceding or following vowel; one of the successive parts or joints into which articulated speech is divided, being either a whole word, composed of a single vowel (whether simple or compound) with accompanying consonants, or a part of a word containing such a vowel, separated from a preceding or following vowel either by a hiatus (that is, an instant of silence) or, much more usually, by an intervening consonant, or more than one.

In music, one of the arbitrary combinations of consonants and vowels used in solmization.

The least expression of language or thought; a particle.

To divide into syllables.

To pronounce syllable by syllable; articulate; utter.