Meaning of SYLLABIC
| Pronunciation: | | si'labik
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- [adj] (phonology) of liquids and nasals
- [adj] consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; (of a consonant sound) not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound; "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n' in `botany' when pronounced `bot-n-y'"; (of a vowel sound) dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable as being the first vowel in a falling diphthong; "the syllabic `o' in `oi'"
- [adj] (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
- [adj] consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
- [adj] of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
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| | Synonyms: | | decasyllabic, disyllabic, monosyllabic, octosyllabic, pentasyllabic, polysyllabic, syllabled, vocalic |
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| | Antonyms: | | accentual, consonantal, nonsyllabic, nonvocalic, quantitative, unsyllabic | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Syl*lab"ic\, Syllabical \Syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. syllabique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic
accent.
2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic
augment. ``The syllabic stage of writing.'' --Earle.
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