/ ˈsɪləbl; NAmE / noun
any of the units into which a word is divided, containing a vowel sound and usually one or more consonants :
a word with two syllables
a two-syllable word
'Potato' is stressed on the second syllable.
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IDIOMS
see word noun
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe , via Latin from Greek sullabē , from sun- together + lambanein take.