syllabic

Plural: syllabics

Adjective

• of or relating to syllables
  • "syllabic accent"
  • "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
• consisting of or using a syllabary
  • "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
• (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
• consisting of a syllable or syllables
• (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
  • "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'"

Adj

• Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
• Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
• 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

• A speech sound acting as the nucleus of a syllable, typically a vowel.
• A syllabic sound.

Examples

• He sought a SYLLABIC word, easy to pronounce but tricky to spell on the board.

Antonyms

accentual, nonsyllabic, quantitative

Anagrams of syllabic