syllabic

syllabic
Synonyms and related words:
accented, alphabetic character, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, character, checked, cipher, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dental, device, dissimilated, dorsal, flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, graph, grapheme, guttural, hard, heavy, high, intonated, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, letter, lexigraphic character, light, lingual, liquid, low, mid, monogram, monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, occlusive, open, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonetic character, phonetic symbol, phonic, pictographic character, pitch, pitched, posttonic, retroflex, rounded, semivowel, sign, soft, sonant, stopped, stressed, strong, surd, symbol, tense, thick, throaty, tonal, tonic, twangy, unaccented, unrounded, unstressed, velar, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide, writing, written character

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  • Syllabic — Syl*lab ic, Syllabical Syl*lab ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. syllabique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment. The syllabic stage of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Syllabic — may refer to: *Syllabary *Syllable *Syllabic verse *Syllabic consonant …   Wikipedia

  • syllabic — [si lab′ik] adj. [LL syllabicus < Gr syllabikos] 1. of a syllable or syllables 2. forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; specif., a) being the most prominent sound in a phonemic syllable: said of a vowel b) constituting the more… …   English World dictionary

  • syllabic — 1728, from Mod.L. syllabicus, from Gk. syllabikos, from syllabe (see SYLLABLE (Cf. syllable)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • syllabic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or based on syllables. 2) (of a consonant) constituting a whole syllable. DERIVATIVES syllabically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • syllabic — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin syllabicus, from Greek syllabikos, from syllabē syllable Date: 1728 1. constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable: a. not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel < a syllabic consonant > b. having… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • syllabic — syl|lab|ic [sıˈlæbık] adj 1.) based on or relating to ↑syllable s ▪ syllabic stress 2.) technical a syllabic consonant forms a whole ↑syllable, for example the /l/ in battle …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • syllabic — adjective of or based on syllables: syllabic stress | syllabic verse …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • syllabic — syl•lab•ic [[t]sɪˈlæb ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables 2) pro based on or pertaining to a specific number of syllables, as opposed to vowel length or number of stresses: syllabic verse[/ex] 3) phn a) (of …   From formal English to slang

  • syllabic — syllabically, adv. /si lab ik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables. 2. pronounced with careful distinction of syllables. 3. of, pertaining to, or noting poetry based on a specific number of syllables, as… …   Universalium

  • syllabic — 1. adjective /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ a) Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables. b) Pronounced with every syllable distinct. 2. noun /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ A syllabic sound …   Wiktionary

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