DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
achilles
/ə'kɪliz/ · əkɪliz
Achilles has 3 syllables: a · chil · les.
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noun. A mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'.
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