syllabe

Definitions of syllabe
  1. noun
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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    types:
    ré
    the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
    fa
    the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
    sol
    the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
    type of:
    unité linguistique
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  2. noun
    one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization
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    types:
    ré
    the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
    fa
    the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
    sol
    the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
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