it matters what language you are going by
noun
noun: syllable; plural noun: syllables
1.
a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in waterand three in inferno.
a character or characters representing a syllable.
the least amount of speech or writing; the least mention of something.
"I'd never have breathed a syllable if he'd kept quiet"
verb
verb: syllable; 3rd person present: syllables; past tense: syllabled; past participle: syllabled; gerund or present participle: syllabling
1.
pronounce (a word or phrase) clearly, syllable by syllable.
origin :
late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together’ + lambanein ‘take.’