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Syllabic

see synonyms of syllabic

Adjective

1. syllabic

of or relating to syllables

Example Sentences:
'syllabic accent'
'syllabic characters each represent a syllable'

2. syllabic

consisting of or using a syllabary

Example Sentences:
'eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing'

3. syllabic

(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities

4. syllabic

consisting of a syllable or syllables

5. syllabic

(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable

Example Sentences:
'the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle''

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Syllabic

see synonyms of syllabic
adjective
1. 
of or relating to syllables or the division of a word into syllables
2. 
denoting a kind of verse line based on a specific number of syllables rather than being regulated by stresses or quantities
3. 
(of a consonant) constituting a syllable
4. 
(of plainsong and similar chanting) having each syllable sung to a different note
noun
5. 
a syllabic consonant

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Syllabic

see synonyms of syllabic
adjective
1. 
of a syllable or syllables
2. 
forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable
; specif.,
a. 
being the most prominent sound in a phonemic syllable
said of a vowel
b. 
constituting the more heavily stressed part of a diphthong, as the sound of o in boy
c. 
standing by itself as the nucleus of a syllable without an accompanying vowel
said of a consonant, as the sound of l in tattle (tatʹ'l)
3. 
designating or of a form of verse whose structure is based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on rhythm, stress, or quantity
4. 
pronounced with the syllables distinct
noun
5. 
a syllabic sound
6.  [pl.]
syllabic verse

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Syllabic

see synonyms of syllabic
adj.
1.
a. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
b. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
2. Linguistics Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (rĭdl), the two syllabic sounds are the (ĭ) and the (l).
3. Of or being a form of verse based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.
n.
Linguistics
A syllabic sound.

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