sílaba

See also: silaba, silabá, and silabă

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).

Noun

sílaba f (plural sílabes)

1. syllable

Galician

Etymology

From Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).

Noun

sílaba f (plural sílabas)

1. syllable

Related terms

• silábico

Further reading

• “sílaba” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.la.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.la.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.la.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lɐ.bɐ/ [ˈsi.lɐ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: sí‧la‧ba

Noun

sílaba f (plural sílabas)

1. syllable

Related terms

• monossílabo
• polissílabo
• silabar
• silábico

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilaba/ [ˈsi.la.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -ilaba
• Syllabification: sí‧la‧ba

Noun

sílaba f (plural sílabas)

1. syllable

Derived terms

• centro de sílaba

 

Related terms

• bisílabo
• monosílabo
• polisílabo
• silabar
• silabario
• silabear
• silábico

 

Further reading

• “sílaba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014