syllable

syllable (Englisch)

Substantiv
Singular

Plural

the syllable

the syllables

Worttrennung:

, Plural:

Aussprache:

IPA: [ˈsɪləbəl]
Hörbeispiele:  syllable (britisch) (Info)

Bedeutungen:

[1] Silbe
[2] Musik: Tonsilbe

Beispiele:

[1] In the Finnish language, the first syllable always takes the main stress.
[1] „Explanation of the Cases. […] The genitive, or possessive, signifies kindred, or property, and is formed by adding s with an apostrophe before it, to the nominative. The apostrophe denotes the omission of an [i] which was formerly inserted, and made the word longer by another syllable, as Peteris brother, Maryis sister, Johnis house; now written Peter's brother, Mary's sister, John's house.“[1]
[2] The first step in learning to sing is learning the solfa syllables.

Übersetzungen
 [1] Silbe
 [2] Musik: Tonsilbe
Referenzen und weiterführende Informationen:
[1] Englischer Wikipedia-Artikel „syllable“
[1, 2] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary „syllable“
[1, 2] LEO Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „syllable“

Quellen:

  1. Thomas Coar: A Grammar of the English Tongue. London, 1796, Seite 39. Kursiv gesetzt: s, i.
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