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syllabic syllabic definition

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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