adj
Meaning 1
Not syllabic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nonsyllabic
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A sound that is not syllabic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: syllabic
adjective
Meaning 4
not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'
- the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unsyllabic
Antonyms: syllabic
History
Etymology
From non- + syllabic.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: asylabiczny — Translations
- Polish: niesylabiczny — Translations
- Polish: niezgłoskotwórczy — Translations