A syllable is a single, unbreakable sound of spoken or written word. Syllables usually contain vowels and their consonants. The letters of the alphabet are sometimes referred to as ‘punctuation’ of a spoken language.
Syllables differ from phonemes in that a phoneme is a very small unit of sound; the number of syllables associated with the number of phonemes it contains. For example: / b /, / k /, / t /, / ch /, / sh /, / ee /, / ai /, / igh /, / ear / all these are phonemes. The word ‘chat’ is made up of three words (/ ch / / a / / t /). The word ‘light’ is made up of three phonemes (/ l / / igh / / t /). However, both the words ‘chat’ and ‘light’ have only one word.
The number of times you hear a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) in a word is equal to the number of syllables in a word. A good way to identify syllables is to think about whether you need to change the mouth shape in order to say the next piece of a new word / syllable.
Eight Syllable Words for Kids
| intellectualization | electrogalvanization | hereditarianism |
| electronegativity | actinomycetaceae | laryngotracheobronchitis |
| authoritarianism | hemidemisemiquaver | overcapitalization |
| tetrahydrocannabinol | electroencephalography | afibrinogenemia |
| intellectualization | antiferromagnetism | individualization |
| indecipherability | dematerialization | biodegradability |
| internationalization | adenocarcinomatous | adrenocorticotropic |
| electrocardiography | hypoparathyroidism | individualistically |
| egalitarianism | encepphalomeningitis | aristotelianism |
| totalitarianism | arteriolosclerosis | denominationalism |
| bacillariophyceae | triiodothyronine | irreconcilability |
| utilitarianism | counterrevolutionary | antiestablishmentism |
| auriculariaceae | internationalization | socioeconomically |
| pseudohermaphroditism | psychophysiological | auriculoventricular |
| indefatigability | immunohistochemistry | anthingarianism |
| immaterialization | perfectibilitarian | aristolochiaceae |
Following are 8-syllable words along with their meanings:
- Abdominoperineal: Relating to the abdominal and perineal regions
- Abiogenetically: To have created life without life
- Abrachiocephalia: Congenital absence of arms and head.
- Acanthocephaliases: A disease caused by infection by acanthocephala worms
- Cinematographically: The art or technique of movie photography, including both the shooting and the processing of the image.
- Deanthropomorphisation: The ridding of philosophy or religion of anthropomorphic beliefs and doctrines.
- Deconfessionalization: The removal of the influence of a particular religion
- Deoxycorticosterone: Biochemistry. A steroid ormone, C21 H3003, secreted by the adrenal cortex, related to corticosterone and involved in regulating the water and electrolyte balance
- Deoxyribonucleic: The hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms
- Deterritorialization: In critical theory, deterritorialization is the process by which a social relation of components, a territory, has its current organization and context altered, mutated or destroyed.
- Leukoerythroblastosis: An anemic condition resulting from space-occupying lesions in the bone marrow and charaterized by the presence of immature granular leukocytes in the circulating blood
- Ludomusicological: Is a field of academic research and scholarly analysis focusing on video game music, understood as the music found in video games and in related contexts
- Lymphohematopoietic: Of, relating to, or involved in the production of lymphocytes and cells of blood, bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, and thymus
- Lysoglucosylceramide: Any derivative of a glucosylceramide in which an acyl group has been removed by hydrolysis
- Morphoanatomically: The study of anatomical forms and structures with emphasis on characteristics useful in distinguishing the species
- Myeloproliferative: Of, relating to, or being a disorder marked by excessive proliferation of bone marrow elements and especially blood cells precursors
- Neovasculogenesis: The formation of new blood vessels in the adult organism
- Nonrepresentativity: Not serving as a typical or characteristic
- Osteosarcopenia: A new syndrome describing the co-existence of osteoporosis and sarcopenia
- Otolaryngologist: Is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical and medical management of conditions of the head and neck
Keep exploring EnglishBix to learn about various types of syllables in English language.
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