courtyard
nounHow many syllables in courtyard?
There are 3 syllables in the word courtyard.How to pronounce courtyard:
Definition of courtyard:
- courtyard (noun):
- an open area of ground surrounded by walls or buildings
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings.
- a court or enclosure adjacent to a building (such as a house or palace)
Synonyms for courtyard:
area
atrium
bailey
building
cloister
close
court
deck
edifice
enclosure
food court
forecourt
inclosure
parvis
patio
peristyle
piazza
plaza
quad
quadrangle
square
terrace
yard
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- breadwinner
- disinvite
- astuteness
- pseudonym
- thiozone
- inertia
- encircle
- speediest
- reeducate
- prospicience
- macaque
- fustigate
- engaging
- Valkyrie
- meddlesome
- huskily
- wearily
- comprises
- shamefully
- unshattered
- ungraceful
- unconvinced
- laudable
- hydrangea
- fancying
- deflective
- breedable
- properly
- subversion
- maturely
- dolefully
- misapply
- gamily
- dogmatize
- obstinate
- giddily
- chivalrous
- organised
- crustaceous
- perversive
- flamboyance
- smaragdine
- recondite
- icily
- exponent
- prettily
- dissipates
- untiring
- skyrocket
- intermixed
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Some languages, like Japanese, are considered mora-timed, where the duration of each syllable (or mora) is approximately equal.
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