syllabe
French, noun/si.lab/
syllabe is spelled S-Y-L-L-A-B-E (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Syllabe is a French feminine noun meaning “syllable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voyelle ou réunion de phonèmes qui se prononcent par une seule émission de voix”.
What does syllabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesyllable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Voyelle ou réunion de phonèmes qui se prononcent par une seule émission de voix. 2. Qui représente des syllabes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of syllabe
- syllabes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce syllabe?
- /si.lab/
- /sil.lab/
- \si.lab\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to syllabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is syllabe in French?
syllabe appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).