syllabic
adjEtymology
From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).
- derived from συλλαβικός
- derived from syllabicus
Definitions
Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
- Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure..
Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel…
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 ([ɹɪdl̩]), the two syllabic sounds are [ɪ] and [l̩].
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Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on…
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.
A syllabic sound.
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Derived
accentual-syllabic, alphasyllabic, ambisyllabic, anisosyllabic, anisosyllabism, asyllabic, bisyllabic, brachysyllabic, decasyllabic, dissyllabic, disyllabic, dodecasyllabic, duodecasyllabic, duosyllabic, endecasyllabic, extrasyllabic, graphosyllabic, hendecasyllabic, heptasyllabic, heterosyllabic, hexasyllabic, imparisyllabic, infrasyllabic, intersyllabic, intrasyllabic, isosyllabic, isosyllabicity, isosyllabism, logosyllabic, monosyllabic, monosyllabicity, morphosyllabic, multisyllabic, nonasyllabic, nonpolysyllabic, nonsyllabic, non-syllabic, octasyllabic, octosyllabic, oligosyllabic · +35 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for syllabic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA