Definition of Syllabic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to syllables. "Syllabic characters each represent a syllable"

Derivative terms: Syllabicity, Syllable
Partainyms: Syllable

2. Adjective. Consisting of or using a syllabary. "Eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
Partainyms: Syllabary

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

4. Adjective. Consisting of a syllable or syllables.

5. Adjective. (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable. "The syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'"
Antonyms: Nonsyllabic

Definition of Syllabic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.

Definition of Syllabic

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables. ¹

2. Adjective. Pronounced with every syllable distinct. ¹

3. Adjective. (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 (r?d'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i?) and the (l). ¹

4. Adjective. 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. ¹

5. Noun. (linguistics) A syllabic sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syllabic

1. a speech sound of high sonority [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllabic

sykes
syl-
syle
syles
sylfaen
syli
sylis
syllaba anceps
syllabae ancipites
syllabaria
syllabaries
syllabarium
syllabary
syllabation
syllabi
syllabic (current term)
syllabic abbreviation
syllabic abbreviations
syllabic break
syllabic breaks
syllabic rhyme
syllabic rhymes
syllabic script
syllabical
syllabically
syllabicate
syllabicated
syllabicates
syllabicating
syllabication

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