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syllabic

syl·la·bic

US/sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to syllables

  • “syllabic accent”
  • “syllabic characters each represent a syllable”
2.

consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters

  • “eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing”
3.

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

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4.

consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllab

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5.

of liquids and nasals

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Origin

From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

Phrases

  • syllabic abbreviation
  • syllabic break
  • syllabic consonant
  • syllabic rhyme

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WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.