Explore: Long Syllable

such syllables are heavy in every language. A branching nucleus generally means the syllable has a long vowel or a diphthong; this type of syllable is abbreviated

between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. A syllable is a basic unit of organization within a sequence of speech sounds, such

(おおさか) consists of three syllables (O-sa-ka) but four morae (O-o-sa-ka), since the first syllable, Ō, is pronounced with a long vowel (the others being

the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in καλή (kalḗ) "beautiful (f.)"). This terminology was

found in Latin and Ancient Greek, a heavy syllable followed by a light one (also described as a long syllable followed by a short one). In this respect

dactyl (long-short-short) or a spondee (long-long): a "long syllable" was literally one that took longer to pronounce than a short syllable: specifically

first five feet contain either two long syllables, a spondee (– –), or a long syllable followed by two short syllables, a dactyl (–ᴗᴗ). However, the last

– | x – u – || x – u – || x – u – | ("x" is a syllable that can be long or short, "–" is a long syllable, and "u" is a short one.) In modern English poetry

A short syllable (∪) is a syllable with a short vowel and no consonant at the end. A long syllable (—) is a syllable that either has a long vowel, one

foot is, in classical poetry, a combination of two or more short or long syllables in a specific order; although this "does not provide an entirely reliable