Collocations for syllable - noun

first, second, third, etc.
final, last
middle
accented, stressed, strong
unstressed, weak
long, short
single
nonsense
nonsense syllables such as ‘fa-la’.

consist of, contain, have
words that have three or more syllables

pronounce
utter
Before I could utter a single syllable, she held up one warning finger.
He has never uttered a single syllable about this subject

accent, draw out, stress
We stress the second syllable of the word.

syllable in, syllable of
the final syllable of ‘Oregon’

stress falls on a syllable, stress is on a syllable
Normally the stress falls on the first syllable of a word.

a word of one, two, etc. syllables
You'll have to spell it out to him, using words of one syllable (= explain it in simple language).