sillaba

See also: síl·laba

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsil.la.ba/
  • Rhymes: -illaba
  • Hyphenation: sìl‧la‧ba

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sillaba f (plural sillabe)

  1. syllable
    • 1540, Francesco Priscianese, Della lingua romana, page 17:
      di quelle si fanno le Sillabe. delle Sillabe, le Parole, delle Parole, i Parlari, et de Parlari, le Lingue
      From those [letters], syllables are made; from syllables, words; from words, dialects; and from dialects, languages.
    • 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.

Further reading

  • sillaba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sillaba

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

Anagrams

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sillaba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.la.ba/, (colloquial) /sɪlˈlaː.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ɪllaba, (colloquial) -aːba

Noun

sillaba f (plural sillabi)

  1. syllable
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