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syllable

['sɪləbl] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. лингв. слог
2. звук, слово
3. часть, деталь (написанного, сказанного)
гл.
произносить, читать по слогам

Biology (En-Ru)

syllable

этол., биоакуст.

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That word, ci-vi-li-za-tion (Potugin pronounced each syllable with full stress and emphasis), is intelligible, and pure, and holy, and all the other ideals, nationality, glory, or what you like--they smell of blood. . . .
Это слово: ци...ви...ли...зация (Потугин отчетливо, с ударением произнес каждый слог) - и понятно, и чисто, и свято, а другие все, народность там, что ли, слава, кровью пахнут...
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979

'Lord Vetinari,' said Vimes helpfully, putting a slight stress on the first syllable and hearing the growl on cue.
– Лорд Витинари, – услужливо подсказал Ваймс, сделав ударение на первом слоге. В ответ ему раздалось тихое рычание.
Pratchett, Terry / Fifth ElephantПратчетт,Терри / Пятый элефант
Пятый элефант
Пратчетт,Терри
© Перевод Н. Берденников, А. Жикаренцев, 2007
© Издание на русском языке, оформление ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», 2007
© Terry and Lyn Pratchett, 1999
Fifth Elephant
Pratchett, Terry
© 2000 by Terry and Lyn Pratchett

When Mr. Pickwick arrived at this point, Job Trotter, with facetious gravity, applied his hand to his ear, as if desirous not to lose a syllable he uttered.
Когда мистер Пиквик дошел до этого пункта, Джоб Троттер с шутливой важностью приставил руку к уху, словно боялся упустить хотя бы один слог.
Dickens, Charles / The Pickwick PapersДиккенс, Чарльз / Посмертные записки Пиквикского Клуба
Посмертные записки Пиквикского Клуба
Диккенс, Чарльз
© ООО "Издательство Астрель", 2010
The Pickwick Papers
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1993

The room was so silent as we listened that you could have heard a syllable dropped.
В комнате воцарилась гробовая тишина, было слышно, как в воздухе сталкиваются пылинки.
Harrison, Harry / The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the CircusГаррисон, Гарри / Стальная Крыса на манеже
Стальная Крыса на манеже
Гаррисон, Гарри
© 1999 by Harry Harrison
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", Издательство "Александр Корженевский", 2008
© Перевод. Г. Корчагин, 2002
The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
Harrison, Harry
© 1999 by Harry Harrison

"Do you dare to tell me," he said savagely articulating his words as it were syllable by syllable; "that all this time you've been taking my money you did not know your sister was with child by me?"
- Посмеете ли вы сказать, - свирепо и раздельно, как по складам, проговорил он, - что, брав мои деньги весь месяц, вы не знали, что ваша сестра от меня беременна?
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

I could not speak a syllable of their salvage gibberish, an it were to save me from the provost-marshal.»
А объясняться с ними на их тарабарском наречии я не мог бы даже под страхом смерти.
Scott, Walter / A Legend of MontroseСкотт, Вальтер / Легенда о Монтрозе
Легенда о Монтрозе
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
A Legend of Montrose
Scott, Walter
© 2008 by ICON Group International, Inc.

"He looked more robust," said Marya Dmitrievna, dwelling on each syllable. "I should have thought he had little enough to make him look robust."
- Поздоровел, - произнесла с расстановкой Марья Дмитриевна, - кажется, с чего бы ему здороветь?
Turgenev, I.S. / A House of GentlefolkТургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездо
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

"A duel!" yelled the old wretch again, breathless and spluttering at each syllable.
-- На дуэль! -- завопил опять старикашка, задыхаясь и брызгаясь с каждым словом слюной.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

"In conjunction wi' the descending glass, it has an ominous appairance," the Scotchman answered, with much stress on the first syllable of the adjective.
— В сочетании с падающим барометром признак самый зловещий, — ответил шотландец, многозначительно растягивая последнее слово.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Firm Of GirdlestoneКонан Дойль, Артур / Торговый Дом Гердлстон
Торговый Дом Гердлстон
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Firm Of Girdlestone
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 1889 by John W. Lowell

"Chickenshit," the man in the black coat and turned-around collar repeated, enunciating each syllable.
- Куриное дерьмо, - повторил человек в черном плаще, чеканя каждый слог.
King, Stephen / Wolves of the CallaКинг, Стивен / Волки Кэллы
Волки Кэллы
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 2003
© Перевод В.А.Вебер, 2004
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2004
Wolves of the Calla
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 2003

Only, Ellen, promise you'll not mention a syllable of his infamous conversation to my brother or Catherine.
Только обещай, Эллен, что не передашь ни полслова из его гнусных речей моему брату или Кэтрин.
Bronte, Emily / Wuthering HeightsБронт Эмили / Грозовой перевал
Грозовой перевал
Бронт Эмили
© Издательство "Правда", 1988
Wuthering Heights
Bronte, Emily
©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.

And without adding another syllable he turned, went out, and walked downstairs, without vouchsafing a glance in the landlady's direction, though she was evidently expecting news and explanations.
И не прибавив более ни звука, он повернулся, вышел и направился вниз по лестнице, не удостоив даже и взгляда очевидно поджидавшую разъяснения и известий хозяйку.
Достоевский, Фёдор / ПодростокDostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw Youth
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979

“The way it worked,” Mungo offered, enunciating each syllable, “the leaders would lash out at the police line, then retreat.
— Происходит это, как правило, так, — принялся объяснять Манго. — Вожаки наскакивают на полицейских и сразу ныряют назад.
Rankin, Ian / The Naming of the DeadРэнкин, Иэн / Перекличка мертвых
Перекличка мертвых
Рэнкин, Иэн
© John Rebus Ltd 2006
© Ю. Вейсберг, перевод на русский язык, 2009
© ООО "Издательская группа Аттикус", Издательство "Иностранка" 2009
The Naming of the Dead
Rankin, Ian
© John Rebus Ltd 2006

You have not exchanged a syllable with one of them?
Вы ни с одним из них не сказали двух слов?
Bronte, Charlotte / Jane EyreБронте, Шарлотта / Джен Эйр
Джен Эйр
Бронте, Шарлотта
© Издательство «Правда», 1988 г.
Jane Eyre
Bronte, Charlotte
© 2009 by Wayne Josephson

This is the first time we have left port, that he has not conversed freely with me on the nature of the cruise; but not a syllable has been exchanged between us on the subject, since we sailed from Brest."
Впервые мы покинули порт без того, чтобы он откровенно поговорил со мной о целях нашего плавания. И с тех пор как мы вышли из Бреста, он еще ни слова мне не сказал.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pilot: A Tale of the SeaКупер, Джеймс Фенимор / Лоцман
Лоцман
Купер, Джеймс Фенимор
© "Детское государственное издательство", 1959
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© 2005 Adamant Media Corporation

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Collocations

atonic syllable

безударный слог

closed syllable

закрытый слог

final syllable

последний слог

internal syllable

внутренний слог

left end syllable

левый концевой слог

open syllable

открытый слог

right end syllable

правый концевой слог

stressed syllable

ударный слог

syllable articulation

логатомная артикуляция

syllable articulation

слоговая артикуляция

syllable code

слоговой код

syllable code

слоговый код

syllable intelligibility

разборчивость слогов

syllable-building

слогообразующий

unstressed syllable

безударный слог

Word forms

syllable

verb

Basic forms
Past	syllabled
Imperative	syllable
Present Participle (Participle I)	syllabling
Past Participle (Participle II)	syllabled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I syllable	we syllable
you syllable	you syllable
he/she/it syllables	they syllable

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am syllabling	we are syllabling
you are syllabling	you are syllabling
he/she/it is syllabling	they are syllabling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have syllabled	we have syllabled
you have syllabled	you have syllabled
he/she/it has syllabled	they have syllabled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been syllabling	we have been syllabling
you have been syllabling	you have been syllabling
he/she/it has been syllabling	they have been syllabling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I syllabled	we syllabled
you syllabled	you syllabled
he/she/it syllabled	they syllabled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was syllabling	we were syllabling
you were syllabling	you were syllabling
he/she/it was syllabling	they were syllabling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had syllabled	we had syllabled
you had syllabled	you had syllabled
he/she/it had syllabled	they had syllabled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been syllabling	we had been syllabling
you had been syllabling	you had been syllabling
he/she/it had been syllabling	they had been syllabling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will syllable	we shall/will syllable
you will syllable	you will syllable
he/she/it will syllable	they will syllable

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be syllabling	we shall/will be syllabling
you will be syllabling	you will be syllabling
he/she/it will be syllabling	they will be syllabling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have syllabled	we shall/will have syllabled
you will have syllabled	you will have syllabled
he/she/it will have syllabled	they will have syllabled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been syllabling	we shall/will have been syllabling
you will have been syllabling	you will have been syllabling
he/she/it will have been syllabling	they will have been syllabling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would syllable	we should/would syllable
you would syllable	you would syllable
he/she/it would syllable	they would syllable

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be syllabling	we should/would be syllabling
you would be syllabling	you would be syllabling
he/she/it would be syllabling	they would be syllabling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have syllabled	we should/would have syllabled
you would have syllabled	you would have syllabled
he/she/it would have syllabled	they would have syllabled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been syllabling	we should/would have been syllabling
you would have been syllabling	you would have been syllabling
he/she/it would have been syllabling	they would have been syllabling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am syllabled	we are syllabled
you are syllabled	you are syllabled
he/she/it is syllabled	they are syllabled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being syllabled	we are being syllabled
you are being syllabled	you are being syllabled
he/she/it is being syllabled	they are being syllabled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been syllabled	we have been syllabled
you have been syllabled	you have been syllabled
he/she/it has been syllabled	they have been syllabled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was syllabled	we were syllabled
you were syllabled	you were syllabled
he/she/it was syllabled	they were syllabled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being syllabled	we were being syllabled
you were being syllabled	you were being syllabled
he/she/it was being syllabled	they were being syllabled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been syllabled	we had been syllabled
you had been syllabled	you had been syllabled
he/she/it had been syllabled	they had been syllabled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be syllabled	we shall/will be syllabled
you will be syllabled	you will be syllabled
he/she/it will be syllabled	they will be syllabled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been syllabled	we shall/will have been syllabled
you will have been syllabled	you will have been syllabled
he/she/it will have been syllabled	they will have been syllabled

syllable

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	syllable	syllables
Possessive case	syllable's	syllables'

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Biology (En-Ru)

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