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SYLLABIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
Example:
the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'
Classified under:
Antonym:
nonsyllabic ((of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Consisting of a syllable or syllables
Classified under:
Similar:
disyllabic (having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables)
monosyllabic (having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable)
octosyllabic (having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables)
pentasyllabic (having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables)
polysyllabic (having or characterized by words of more than three syllables)
decasyllabic (having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables)
syllabled (pronounced in syllables)
Antonym:
nonsyllabic (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))
Derivation:
syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
accentual ((of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity)
quantitative ((of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Consisting of or using a syllabary
Example:
eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
syllabary (a writing system whose characters represent syllables)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of or relating to syllables
Example:
syllabic characters each represent a syllable
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)
Derivation:
syllabicity (the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language)
syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)
