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syllabic |
Grep of noun syllabic syllabic script syllabication syllabicity Overview of adj syllabic The adj syllabic has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. syllabic -- (of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable") 2. syllabic -- (consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing") 3. syllabic -- ((of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities) 4. syllabic -- (consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; (of a consonant sound) not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound; "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n' in `botany' when pronounced `bot-n-y'"; (of a vowel sound) dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable as being the first vowel in a falling diphthong; "the syllabic `o' in `oi'") 5. vocalic, syllabic -- ((phonology) of liquids and nasals) Antonyms of adj syllabic 3 of 5 senses of syllabic Sense 3 syllabic (vs. accentual) (vs. quantitative) accentual (vs. quantitative) (vs. syllabic) quantitative (vs. syllabic) (vs. accentual) Sense 4 syllabic (vs. nonsyllabic) nonsyllabic (vs. syllabic), unsyllabic => unsyllabled Sense 5 vocalic (vs. consonantal), syllabic Similarity of adj syllabic 5 senses of syllabic Sense 1 syllabic Pertains to noun syllable (Sense 1) =>syllable => language unit, linguistic unit Sense 2 syllabic Pertains to noun syllabary (Sense 1) =>syllabary, syllabic script => orthography, writing system Sense 3 syllabic (vs. accentual) (vs. quantitative) => decasyllabic => octosyllabic Sense 4 syllabic (vs. nonsyllabic) => disyllabic => monosyllabic => octosyllabic => pentasyllabic => polysyllabic => syllabled Sense 5 vocalic (vs. consonantal), syllabic Attributes of adj syllabic Familiarity of adj syllabic syllabic used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj syllabic decasyllabic disyllabic monosyllabic nonsyllabic octosyllabic pentasyllabic polysyllabic syllabic unsyllabic Overview of adj syllabic The adj syllabic has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. syllabic -- (of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable") 2. syllabic -- (consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing") 3. syllabic -- ((of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities) 4. syllabic -- (consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; (of a consonant sound) not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound; "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n' in `botany' when pronounced `bot-n-y'"; (of a vowel sound) dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable as being the first vowel in a falling diphthong; "the syllabic `o' in `oi'") 5. vocalic, syllabic -- ((phonology) of liquids and nasals)
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