Questions › What is a syllable? 0 Vote Up Vote Down admin asked 10 months ago 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down admin answered 10 months ago A syllable is bigger than a phoneme pronunciation unit that consists of a single vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, and makes up the entirety or a portion of a word. For instance, water has two syllables while inferno has three. Please login or Register to submit your answer Username or Email Address Password Remember Me