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Syllabic
Meaning
Adj
●
Of,
relating
to, or
consisting of
a
syllable
or
syllable
s.
●
Pronounced with every
syllable
distinct.
●
In Linguistics:
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].
●
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.
Noun
●
In Linguistics:
A
syllabic
sound.
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Origin
syllabic
English
syllabicus
Latin
συλλαβικός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
συλλαβή
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
συλλαμβάνω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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Phonetic
Consonant
Syllables
Vowel
Phonation
Alphabetic
Prosodic
Morphemes
Diphthongs
Metrical
Phonological
Consonants
Phonemes
Logographic
Phonology
Pronunciation
Vowels
Orthography
Katakana
Lexical
Cursive
Phrases
Phonemic
Alphabets
Syntax
Diacritic
Rhythmic
Inflectional
Morphemic
Syntactic
Pulmonic
Iambic
Auxiliary Verbs
Phonetic Symbols
Diacritical Marks
Prepositional Phrases
Word Order
Parts Of Speech
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Rhymes
Syllabic
Astrolabic
Trisyllabic
Octosyllabic
Monosyllabic
Polysyllabic
Pentasyllabic
Hendecasyllabic
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