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Definition of Syllabic

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

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

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'"

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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