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"text": "Meronyms: onset, nucleus, coda, rime"
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"ref": "2007, Don DeLillo, Underworld: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scribner Classics, page 543",
"text": "I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.",
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"text": "Then let them cast backe their eies unto former generations of men, and marke what was done in the prime of the World, Seth, Enoch, Noah, Sem, Abraham, Job, and the rest that lived before any syllable of the Law of God was written, did they not sinne as much as we doe in every action not commanded?",
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],
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{
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "maqṭaʕ lafẓiyy",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَقْطَع لَفْظِيّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maqṭaʕ",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَقْطَع"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vank",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "վանկ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "heca"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ijek",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "ижек"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "sklad",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "склад"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "okkhor",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "অক্ষর"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "podaṅśo",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "পদাংশ"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śillablo",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "সিল্যাব্ল"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "silabenn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sríčka",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сри́чка"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "wanna.",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "ဝဏ္ဏ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "síl·laba"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "音節"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīnjié",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "音节"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "eca"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slabika"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "stavelse"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lettergreep"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syllabe"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "silabo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "silp"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stavilsi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "tavu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syllabe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sílaba"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "marcvali",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "მარცვალი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silbe"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syllaví",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "συλλαβή"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sullabḗ",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "συλλαβή"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "akṣar",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "અક્ષર"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "havará",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הֲבָרָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śabdāñś",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शब्दांश"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "akṣar",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "अक्षर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "szótag"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silleb"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "atkvæði"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "samstafa"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "suku kata"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "silabel"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "wanda"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "syllaba"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siolla"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sillaba"
},
{
"alt": "おんせつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "onsetsu",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "音節"
},
{
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "niilvr",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "ниилвр"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "buyn",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "буын"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pyiəng",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "ព្យាង្គ"
},
{
"alt": "音節",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eumjeol",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "음절"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kîte"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hece"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "muun",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "муун"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pha nyāng",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "ພະຍາງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syllaba"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zilbe"
},
{
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lèttergreep"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skiemuo"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silb"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slog",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слог"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "suku kata"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sillaba"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "kūoro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "haupū"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "üje",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "үе"
},
{
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"roman": "buvın",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "бувын"
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{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syllabe"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stavelse"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "staving"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "staving"
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{
"code": "pi",
"lang": "Pali",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vaṇṇa"
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{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "hejā",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "هجا"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "silāb",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سيلاب"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hejâ",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "هجا"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silb"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sylaba"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zgłoska"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sílaba"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "silabă"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "silba"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slog",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слог"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sklad",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"dated",
"masculine"
],
"word": "склад"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "akṣara",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "अक्षर"
},
{
"code": "sa",
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"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "वर्ण"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lide"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "сло̏г"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slabika"
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{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "unit of speech",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "unit of speech",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "złožka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sílaba"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "silabi"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "pantig"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hijo",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "ҳиҷо"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "icek",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "иҗек"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pá-yaang",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "พยางค์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "hece"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "bogun"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sklad",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "склад"
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{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "hijā",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ہِجا"
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{
"code": "ur",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "شبدانش"
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{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اَکْشَر"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "boghum",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "بوغۇم"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "unit of speech",
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "hijo"
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{
"alt": "音節",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "âm tiết"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "unit of speech",
"word": "silab"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "unit of speech",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cy",
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],
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "טראַף"
},
{
"code": "zza",
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"sense": "unit of speech",
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"common-gender"
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{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "unit of speech",
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}
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"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"name": "m"
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"poetic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɪl.ə.bɫ̩]",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-syllable.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/En-uk-syllable.ogg/En-uk-syllable.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/En-uk-syllable.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "syllab"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "syllabe"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proiznasjam na srički",
"sense": "to utter in syllables",
"word": "произнасям на срички"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syllavízo",
"sense": "to utter in syllables",
"word": "συλλαβίζω"
}
],
"word": "syllable"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Zulu: 'uhlamvu class 11/10', originally 'uhlamvu class 11/10'",
"path": [
"syllable"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "syllable",
"trace": ""
}
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