ok the way u can tell is put ur fist right under ur chin and they say the word and how ever many times ur chin hits ur fist that's how many syllables it has
Polysyllable. Words with two or three syllables are called disyllables and trisyllables, respectively, though 'polysyllable' can be a word with two syllables or more. A word with multiple syllables...
There are 3 syllables in the word syllable (syll-a-ble).(The entire L sound is part of the first syllable, as SILL-uh-buhl.)The word 'syllable' has three syllables. Syl-la-ble.