sillaba

See also: síl·laba

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsil.la.ba/, [ˈs̪il̺l̺äbä]
  • Stress: sìllaba
  • Hyphenation: sil‧la‧ba

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sillaba f (plural sillabe)

  1. 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], 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.]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sillaba

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sillabare
  2. second-person singular imperative of sillabare

Anagrams

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