different between syllabe vs syllabi

English

Etymology

From French syllabe

Noun

syllabe (plural syllabes)

1. Obsolete form of syllable.
   • 1838, Barry Cornwall, The Works of Ben Jonson with a Memoir of His Life and Writings, London, p.776 (The English Grammar, Chap. VI):

     A Syllabe is a part of a word that may of itself make a perfect sound; and is sometimes of one only letter, which is always a vowel; sometimes of more.

Anagrams

• Balsley, blasely, blasély

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

syllabe f (plural syllablen or syllables)

1. syllable

Synonyms

• lettergreep

Hyponyms

• eindsyllabe, slotsyllabe
• voorsyllabe

French

Etymology

From Latin syllaba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.lab/
• Rhymes: -ab

Noun

syllabe f (plural syllabes)

1. syllable

Derived terms

Further reading

• “syllabe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?syl.la.be/, [?s??l??äb?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sil.la.be/, [?sil??b?]

Noun

syllabe

1. vocative singular of syllabus

Norman

Etymology

From Latin syllaba.

Noun

syllabe f (plural syllabes)

1. (Jersey, linguistics) syllable

English

Noun

syllabi

1. plural of syllabus

Anagrams

• Sibylla

Latin

Noun

syllab?

1. nominative plural of syllabus
2. genitive singular of syllabus
3. vocative plural of syllabus