Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to syllable
Participle: syllabled
Gerund: syllabling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | syllable |
| you | syllable |
| he;she;it | syllables |
| we | syllable |
| you | syllable |
| they | syllable |
Perfect
| I | have syllabled |
| you | have syllabled |
| he;she;it | has syllabled |
| we | have syllabled |
| you | have syllabled |
| they | have syllabled |
Past
| I | syllabled |
| you | syllabled |
| he;she;it | syllabled |
| we | syllabled |
| you | syllabled |
| they | syllabled |
Pluperfect
| I | had syllabled |
| you | had syllabled |
| he;she;it | had syllabled |
| we | had syllabled |
| you | had syllabled |
| they | had syllabled |
Future
| I | will syllable |
| you | will syllable |
| he;she;it | will syllable |
| we | will syllable |
| you | will syllable |
| they | will syllable |
Future Perfect
| I | will have syllabled |
| you | will have syllabled |
| he;she;it | will have syllabled |
| we | will have syllabled |
| you | will have syllabled |
| they | will have syllabled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | syllable |
| you | syllable |
| he;she;it | syllable |
| we | syllable |
| you | syllable |
| they | syllable |
Perfect
| I | have syllabled |
| you | have syllabled |
| he;she;it | have syllabled |
| we | have syllabled |
| you | have syllabled |
| they | have syllabled |
Imperfect
| I | syllabled |
| you | syllabled |
| he;she;it | syllabled |
| we | syllabled |
| you | syllabled |
| they | syllabled |
Pluperfect
| I | had syllabled |
| you | had syllabled |
| he;she;it | had syllabled |
| we | had syllabled |
| you | had syllabled |
| they | had syllabled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would syllable |
| you | would syllable |
| he;she;it | would syllable |
| we | would syllable |
| you | would syllable |
| they | would syllable |
Perfect
| I | would have syllabled |
| you | would have syllabled |
| he;she;it | would have syllabled |
| we | would have syllabled |
| you | would have syllabled |
| they | would have syllabled |
Imperative
| you | syllable |
| we | Let's syllable |
| you | syllable |
Verbs conjugated like 'syllable'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'syllable'
syllabise,
syllabize,
stable,
syllabify,
able,
accable,
beladle,
cable,
collab,
collage,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to gather together”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
Sample Sentences
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[A] thouſand fantaſies
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Begin to throng into my memorie
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Of calling ſhapes, and beckning ſhadows dire,
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And ayrie tongues, that ſyllable mens names
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On Sands, and Shoars, and deſert Wilderneſſes. (Comus) [1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, page 8:]