English-Finnish translations for syllable

• tavu
  Sanassa ”kolme” on kaksi tavua: ”kol” ja ”me”
  Tavu eli bitin muodostama kokonaisuus

Definition of syllable

• A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables
• The written representation of a given pronounced syllable
• To utter in syllables

Related words

• monosyllable
• polysyllable
• disyllable
• trisyllable
• tetrasyllable
• hendecasyllable
• foresyllable
• multisyllable
• syllable duration