syllabic
/sɪˈlæbɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or consisting of syllables.
- English is a syllabic language where each vowel sound usually forms a syllable.
- Syllabic stress can change the meaning of a word in English.
- The poet used a strict syllabic meter in her haiku.
- Describing a writing system where each symbol represents a syllable, not a single sound.
- The Linear B script is a syllabic writing system used in ancient Greece.
- Syllabic systems are common in languages with simple syllable structures.
- Many Native American languages were written with syllabic scripts.
Antonyms
noun
- A syllabic sound or symbol.
- Some languages have syllabic nasals that act as vowels.
- In the word 'button', the second syllable is often a syllabic 'n'.
- The linguist identified a syllabic consonant in the transcription.