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protosyllables

protosyllables is the plural of protosyllable.

Meaning of protosyllable

Noun

protosyllable (plural protosyllables)

  1. A vocalization in speech that is the precursor to a syllable.
  2. A rhythmic precursor to a syllable in birdsong.

Questions about protosyllables

What is protosyllables the plural of?
Protosyllables is the plural of protosyllable.

Words near protosyllables in the dictionary

  1. protosulphurets
  2. protosun
  3. protosuns
  4. protosyllabic
  5. protosyllable
  6. protosyllables
  7. protosynapse
  8. protosynapses
  9. protosynaptic
  10. protosyncelli
  11. protosyncellus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protosyllables (page history and authors); protosyllable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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