SYLLABLE


Meaning of SYLLABLE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ first , second , third , etc.

▪ final , last

▪ middle

▪ accented , stressed , strong

▪ unstressed , weak

▪ long , short

▪ single

▪ nonsense

nonsense ~s such as ‘fa-la’.

VERB + SYLLABLE

▪ consist of , contain , have

words that have three or more ~s

▪ pronounce

▪ utter

Before I could utter a single ~, she held up one warning finger.

He has never uttered a single ~ about this subject

▪ accent , draw out , stress

We stress the second ~ of the word.

PHRASES

▪ ~ in , ~ of

the final ~ of ‘Oregon’

PHRASES

▪ stress falls on a ~ , stress is on a ~

Normally the stress falls on the first ~ of a word.

▪ a word of one, two, etc. ~s

You'll have to spell it out to him, using words of one ~ (= explain it in simple language) .

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .