nonsyllabic
Not syllabicNot syllabic.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Not syllabic.
More definitions
- (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
- not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From non- + syllabic.From non- + syllabic.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong):unsyllabic