A syllable is a unit of spoken language that contains one or more vowel sounds. It usually consists of a single line of text in a poem, and can be used to count the number of stressed and unstressed words in a sentence.
Usage examples
The word 'elephant' has three syllables: el-e-phant.
In the word 'banana', there are three syllables: ba-na-na.
The word 'computer' is divided into three syllables: com-pu-ter.
The term 'beautiful' has three syllables: beau-ti-ful.
The word 'Wednesday' consists of two syllables: Wed-nes-day.
'Watermelon' is a three-syllable word: wa-ter-mel-on.
The name 'Christopher' has three syllables: Chris-top-her.
The word 'chocolate' has three syllables: choc-o-late.
The term 'university' has five syllables: u-ni-ver-si-ty.
'Hippopotamus' is a five-syllable word: hip-po-pot-a-mus.