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syllabic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɪˈlɑːbɪk/ (Australia)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

Meanings

  1. 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.. 2014, Guillaume Jacques, “V: Cone”, in Jackson Sun, editor, Phonological Profiles of Little-Studied Tibetic Varieties, Taipei: Academia Sinica, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270:
  2. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
  3. 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].
  4. 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.

Forms

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most syllabic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more syllabic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

parisyllabic · syllabicness · suprasyllabic · isosyllabism · sesquisyllabic · semisyllabic · non-syllabic · sexasyllabic · infrasyllabic · tetrasyllabic · pentasyllabic · anisosyllabic · oligosyllabic · monosyllabic · tridecasyllabic · monosyllabicity · unsyllabic · nonasyllabic · intersyllabic · hendecasyllabic · syllabically · parasyllabic · asyllabic · isosyllabicity · plurisyllabic · tetradecasyllabic · isosyllabic · polysyllabic · undecasyllabic · disyllabic · syllabication · presyllabic · duodecasyllabic · dodecasyllabic · morphosyllabic · varisyllabic · intrasyllabic · multisyllabic · hexasyllabic · brachysyllabic · heterosyllabic · quinquesyllabic · anisosyllabism · trisyllabic · semantosyllabic · decasyllabic · endecasyllabic · syllabical · quindecasyllabic · syllabic consonant · tautosyllabic · octosyllabic · protosyllabic · dissyllabic · syllabic abbreviation · nonsyllabic · octasyllabic · ambisyllabic · sexisyllabic · heptasyllabic · alphasyllabic · imparisyllabic · syllabic break · duosyllabic · accentual-syllabic · syllabic rhyme · extrasyllabic · bisyllabic · graphosyllabic · subsyllabic · septasyllabic · quadrisyllabic · nonpolysyllabic · logosyllabic · syllabicity

Translations (62)

ms suku kata (in linguistics) · cs slabičný (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · ru слогово́й (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · pl zgłoskowy (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · ru силлаби́ческий (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · mk слоговен (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · fr syllabique (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · pl sylabiczny (in linguistics) · ca sil·làbic (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · ro silabic (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · fi tavu- (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · fi syllabinen (in linguistics) · be складаўтвара́льны (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · hu szótagképző (in linguistics) · ru слогообразу́ющий (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · sh сло̀го̄внӣ (in linguistics) · ca sil·làbic (in linguistics) · sh slȍgotvōran (in linguistics) · pl sylabowy (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · pl zgłoskotwórczy (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · fr syllabique (in linguistics) · pt silábico (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · pl sylabiczny (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · be складо́вы (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · it sillabico (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · bg сричкообразу́ващ (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · de silbenweise (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · el συλλαβικός (in linguistics) · sh сло̏готво̄ран (in linguistics) · gl silábico (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · de Silben- (in linguistics) · ga siollach (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · de silbig (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · ms silabik (in linguistics) · pt silábico (in linguistics) · sl skladenjski (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · sh сло̀го̄внӣ (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · sk slabičný (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · nl syllabisch (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · de syllabisch (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · be складо́вы (in linguistics) · uk складотво́рчий (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · sh slògōvnī (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · id silabis (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · de Silben- (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · sh slògōvnī (in linguistics) · es silábico (in linguistics) · sh slȍgotvōran (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · br silabennek (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · ru силлаби́ческий (in linguistics) · ru слогово́й (in linguistics) · uk складови́й (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · hu szótagalkotó (in linguistics) · hu szillabikus (in linguistics) · ga siollach (in linguistics) · uk складови́й (in linguistics) · ms suku kata (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · bg сри́чков (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · es silábico (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · el συλλαβικός (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · ms silabik (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) · sh сло̏готво̄ран (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable)

syllabic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɪˈlɑːbɪk/ (Australia)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

Meanings

  1. A syllabic sound.

Forms

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syllabics Number=Plur lexicographic