A syllable (Greek: συλλαβή)'s a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water's composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable's typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often considered the phonological "building blocks" of words. They can influence the rhythm of a language, its prosody, its poetic meter, its stress patter… (More on Syllable)