syllable in English

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      "word": "ambisyllabic"
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      "word": "closed syllable"
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      "word": "decasyllable"
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      "word": "disyllable"
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      "word": "dodecasyllable"
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      "word": "duodecasyllable"
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      "word": "duosyllable"
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      "word": "enneasyllable"
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      "word": "foresyllable"
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      "word": "hendecasyllable"
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      "word": "heptasyllable"
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      "word": "hexasyllable"
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      "word": "octosyllable"
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      "word": "oligosyllable"
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      "word": "open syllable"
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      "word": "pentasyllable"
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      "word": "plurisyllable"
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    {
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      "word": "polysyllable"
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    {
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      "word": "protosyllable"
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      "word": "quadrisyllable"
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    {
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      "word": "quinquesyllable"
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    {
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      "word": "semisyllable"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "septisyllable"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sesquisyllable"
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      "word": "syllabary"
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      "word": "syllabification"
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      "word": "syllabify"
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      "word": "syllable-timed"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "syllable timing"
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      "word": "syllable weight"
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      "word": "trisyllable"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sem-"
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      "name": "root"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
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      "expansion": "Middle English syllable",
      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "xno",
        "3": "sillable"
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      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman sillable",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "sillebe"
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      "expansion": "Old French sillebe",
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "syllaba"
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      "expansion": "Latin syllaba",
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "συλλαβή",
        "4": ""
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “I gather together”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).",
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    "syl‧la‧ble"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 15 23 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Zulu translations",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Meronyms: onset, nucleus, coda, rime"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Don DeLillo, Underworld: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scribner Classics, →ISBN, 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants."
      ],
      "id": "en-syllable-en-noun-en:Q8188",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ]
      ],
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        "(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q8188"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "lettergreep"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rrokje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "maqṭaʕ lafẓiyy",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مَقْطَع لَفْظِيّ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "maqṭaʕ",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مَقْطَع"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "vank",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "վանկ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "heca"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "ijek",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "ижек"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sklad",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "склад"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "okkhor",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "অক্ষর"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "podaṅśo",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "পদাংশ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śillablo",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "সিল্যাব্ল"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "silabenn"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sríčka",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сри́чка"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "wanna.",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "ဝဏ္ဏ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "síl·laba"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "音節"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīnjié",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "音节"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "eca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "slabika"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "stavelse"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lettergreep"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "syllabe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "silabo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "silp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "stavilsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "tavu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "syllabe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sílaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "marcvali",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "მარცვალი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Silbe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "syllaví",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συλλαβή"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sullabḗ",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συλλαβή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "akṣar",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "અક્ષર"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "havará",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הֲבָרָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śabdāñś",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "शब्दांश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "akṣar",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अक्षर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "szótag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Silleb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "atkvæði"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samstafa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "suku kata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "silabel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "wanda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "syllaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "siolla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sillaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "おんせつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "onsetsu",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "音節"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "niilvr",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "ниилвр"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "buyn",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "буын"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pyiəng",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "ព្យាង្គ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "音節",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eumjeol",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "음절"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kîte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hece"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "muun",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "муун"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pha nyāng",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "ພະຍາງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "syllaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zilbe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "li",
          "lang": "Limburgish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lèttergreep"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "skiemuo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Silb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "slog",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слог"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "suku kata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sillaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "kūoro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "haupū"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "üje",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "үе"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "buvın",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "бувын"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "syllabe"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "stavelse"
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        {
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "staving"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "staving"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vaṇṇa"
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        {
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "hejā",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "هجا"
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        {
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          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "silāb",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "سيلاب"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hejâ",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "هجا"
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        {
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Silb"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sylaba"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "zgłoska"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sílaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "silabă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "silba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slog",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слог"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sklad",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "склад"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "akṣara",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "अक्षर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "varṇa",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वर्ण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "lide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "сло̏г"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "slȍg"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "slabika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "zlog"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "złožka"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sílaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "silabi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "stavelse (1,2)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "unit of speech",
          "word": "pantig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 227, column 1:",
          "text": "Th'Archbyſhop\nIs the Kings hand, and tongue, and who dare ſpeak\nOne ſyllable againſt him?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 22:",
          "text": "In none of my travels did I ever meet him or learn a syllable of his whereabouts.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "syllab"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "syllabe"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "word": "lettergreep"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rrokje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "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": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "үе"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "buvın",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "word": "бувын"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "staving"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "staving"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaṇṇa"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "varṇa",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "वर्ण"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lide"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сло̏г"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slȍg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slabika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zlog"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stavelse (1,2)"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hijā",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ہِجا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śabdānś",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شبدانش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "akśar",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَکْشَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "boghum",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "word": "بوغۇم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "word": "boʻgʻin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "word": "hijo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "音節",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "word": "âm tiết"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "word": "silab"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sill"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sillaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "traf",
      "sense": "unit of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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"syllable" meaning in English

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