A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants).
Syllables are often considered the phonological "building blocks" of words. They can influence the rhythm of a language, its prosody, itspoetic meter and itsstress patterns.
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The word group has one syllable.
Caught has one syllable: caught.
Exciting has three syllables: ex-cit-ing
The word retire has three syllables.
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One.
Four
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two
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1 or 2
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There are two syllables in tortoise
Two: fun-ny
Bottomless has three syallables.