Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

First known attestation circa 1160,[1] borrowed from Latin syllaba.

Noun edit

sillable oblique singularf (oblique plural sillables, nominative singular sillable, nominative plural sillables)

  1. syllable

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: sillable, syllable
  • French: syllabe

References edit

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “syllabe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.