Ccording to the word entry, which syllable is accented in the word syllable?
syl•la•ble ( ˈsi-lə-bəl) n. 1a: unit of spoken language that consists of a single continuous sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone, or by any of these sounds preceded, followed, or surrounded by one or more consonants. b: one or more letters or phonetic symbols written to approximate a spoken syllable. 2: the smallest bit of spoken or written expression: do not change a syllable of this message. [middle english sillable, from anglo-norman, alteration of old french sillabe, from latin syllaba, from greek sullabe, from sullabein, second aorist of sullambanein, to combine in pronunciation : sun-, syn- + lambanein, to take.]
a.
third
b.
first
c.
second