sillaba
See also: síl·laba
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).
Noun edit
sillaba f (plural sillabe)
- syllable
- 1744, Jacopo Angelo Nelli, “Del parlare, delle parole, delle sillabe, e delle lettere [About speaking, words, syllables, and letters]”, in Grammatica italiana: per uso de' giovanetti [Italian Grammar: for use by young people][2], Torino: Stamperia Reale, Che cosa sieno le Sillabe, page 3:
- Dico dunque, che il suono, che rende o una sola vocale da per se, o una vocale unita, e legata con una, o più consonanti, si chiama Sillaba.
- Thus I say that the sound that renders either a lone vowel, or a vowel tied to one or more consonants, is called syllable.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- sillaba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
sillaba
- inflection of sillabare:
Anagrams edit
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian sillaba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sillaba f (plural sillabi)
Related terms edit
Categories:
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/illaba
- Rhymes:Italian/illaba/3 syllables
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian terms with quotations
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Maltese terms borrowed from Italian
- Maltese terms derived from Italian
- Maltese 3-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪllaba
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪllaba/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Maltese/aːba
- Rhymes:Maltese/aːba/3 syllables
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns