syllable

[ˈsɪləbl]

Definition:
1. A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme.

Use 'syllable' in a sentence:

1. A study on acoustic models of Chinese speech recognition system with whole Chinese syllables.
2. The stress on the last syllable is light.
3. He chose his words and rhymes so that readers would know which syllable to put the emphasis on.
4. The iamb is a simple pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.
5. Automatic rule acquisition based on Transformation for a Chinese syllable to character conversion system.
6. Research on an automatic pitch mark tool for syllable database.
7. You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.
8. On Development and Application of the Chinese Syllable Keyboard.
9. Research on the recognition of the novel Chinese syllable model based on whole vectors.
10. In 'today' the accent is on the second syllable.
11. You can use my first syllable.
12. If they use multi-syllable words, you should, too.
13. The BP Artificial Neural Network and Chinese Syllable Detection.
14. In 'strategic' the stress falls on the second syllable.
15. Yes, if the kids had easy-to-remember, single-syllable names.
16. It becomes another syllable.
17. A Number of Theoretical Issues in Chinese Language Syllables.
18. Study on Syllable Based Indexing Methods in Mandarin Speech Retrieval.
19. This paper introduces the significance of evaluation of Chinese sentential syllable input method system.
20. And York used to have three syllables, not one.
21. We children called her Oma, accenting both syllables.
22. "You don't know," she said, each syllable seeped in sarcasm.
23. Please accent the first syllable.
24. You might also want to experiment with character and syllable limits.
25. In the word family the accent falls on the first syllable.
26. a word with two syllables.
27. You always put too much emphasis on the last syllable.
28. Endpoint Detection and Syllable Division for Chinese Speech in High Noise Condition.
29. Implementation and Application of Arithmetic of Mongolian Syllable Analysis.
30. You can call me Ja, the first syllable.
31. The stress falls on the second syllable.
32. The word "student" has its accent on the first syllable.
33. In the word "wonderful", the accent is on the first syllable.
34. The accent falls on the third syllable.
35. Some languages have "fixed stress", meaning that the stress on virtually any multisyllable word falls on a particular syllable.
36. The complexity of the Chinese syllable structure is syllabic status of the prenuclear glides.
37. A more economical approach was to use a sign to express not a whole word but a single syllable.
38. You need to put the emphasis on the second syllable.
39. How the long, ascending syllable of wild?
40. Kimchi is now being dubbed keum-chi, the first syllable being Korean for gold.
41. When I asked about this unusual word, she said that she used the first syllable from each nationality.
42. The stress may fall on the first or the second syllable.
43. He articulated each syllable carefully.
44. An Analysis of English Syllable Templates in Light of Syntactic Structures.
45. 'Potato' is stressed on the second syllable.
46. In speaking English do not swallow a single syllable, however short it may be.
47. In speaking English, do not swallow a single syllable, however short it may be.
48. In some regions, sometimes two or more vowels together prompt the creation of an extra syllable.
49. The emphasis is on the first syllable of the last word.
50. He articulated each syllable.
51. Could you say that again in words of one syllable?
52. You stress the first syllable in 'happiness'.
53. Which syllable does the stress fall on?