Syllabic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
  • adj. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
  • adj. 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 (rĭdˈl), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l).
  • adj. 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.
  • n. Linguistics A syllabic sound.
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  • adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
  • adj. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
  • adj. 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 (rĭd'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l).
  • adj. 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.
  • n. A syllabic sound.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables.
  • adj. Consisting of a syllable or syllables.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to or consisting of a syllable or syllables: as, a syllabic accent; a syllabic augment.
  • Representing syllables instead of single sounds: said of an alphabetical sign, or of an alphabet or mode of writing: also used substantively.
  • Pronounced syllable by syllable; of elaborate distinctness.
  • n. See the extract.
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  • adj. (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
  • adj. of or relating to syllables
  • adj. consisting of or using a syllabary
  • adj. consisting of a syllable or syllables
  • adj. (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
    • Equivalent
    disyllabic    monosyllabic    pentasyllabic    decasyllabic    syllabled   
    Cross Reference
    tune   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    polysyllabic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    four-beat    accentual    consonantal    three-digit    antiphonal   
     
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