English Explanatory Dictionary

syllabic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
  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.
noun
  1. A syllabic sound.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ /sɪˈlɑːbɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-syllabic.wav

Word forms

syllabic more syllabic most syllabic syllabics

Etymology

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

Derived words

accentual-syllabic alphasyllabic ambisyllabic anisosyllabic anisosyllabism asyllabic bisyllabic brachysyllabic decasyllabic dissyllabic disyllabic dodecasyllabic duodecasyllabic duosyllabic endecasyllabic extrasyllabic graphosyllabic hendecasyllabic heptasyllabic heterosyllabic hexasyllabic imparisyllabic infrasyllabic intersyllabic intrasyllabic isosyllabic isosyllabicity isosyllabism logosyllabic monosyllabic monosyllabicity morphosyllabic multisyllabic nonasyllabic nonpolysyllabic nonsyllabic non-syllabic octasyllabic octosyllabic oligosyllabic parasyllabic parisyllabic pentasyllabic plurisyllabic polysyllabic presyllabic protosyllabic quadrisyllabic quindecasyllabic quinquesyllabic semantosyllabic semisyllabic septasyllabic sesquisyllabic sexasyllabic sexisyllabic subsyllabic suprasyllabic syllabic abbreviation syllabical
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