syllabicity
The property or status of being syllabic, i.eThe property or status (of a syllabic, generally a vowel) of being syllabic, i.e. able to be positioned in the syllable nuclei.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The property or status (of a syllabic, generally a vowel) of being syllabic, i.e. able to be positioned in the syllable nuclei.
The syllabicity of Proto-Indo-European syllabic sonorants *y and *w can easily be determined by a rule.
More definitions
- the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedsyllabic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable