How many syllables does the word cried have?

Answer 1

One?

No, two. If it were spelled "cride", like "chide" it would be one. But just as "beloved" has three in the still familiar "dearly belovéd" as it is pronounced by preachers at funerals, and has also been pronounced "belov'd" even since Shakespeare's time if the occasion or the meter of the line of poetry demands it, yet is still three syllables, so "cried" is two syllables long.

In modern English, the vowel in the second syllable of "cried" is a schwa (a German spelling - pronounced "shva"), which is the phonetic name used by linguistics (actually a Hebrew vowel) for the shortest vowel sound. In Hebrew, the schwa can have a very short e sound, as in "Belinda"; or it can have no sound at all - merely a place holder, as between the B and the l of "Blanche".

In Hebrew, only consonants are written, except in scholarly or biblical texts. In those latter cases, every consonant has vowel points attached; those with no vowel sound following have "sheva" or as the German philologists spell it, "schwa".

The phonetic symbol for the schwa is

"ə"To clarify, the word "believe" has two syllables. If you pronounce it like Hubert Humphrey did, "b'lieve", it's a regional accent, a personal variant, or an imprecise diction. The word doesn't change because of varied intonation.

Answer

In Modern English, cried grammatically has onesyllable.

Answer 2

One. Try separating it into two: it doesn't work. Cri-ies? Nope! It's just one.

Answer 3

The word "cried" has one syllable.