adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
syllabic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
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Australian: /sɪˈlɑːbɪk/
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rhymes with -æbɪk
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CMU ARPABET: S AH0 L AE1 B IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
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].
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A syllabic sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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adjective
Meaning 6
(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonsyllabic
adjective
Meaning 7
consisting of a syllable or syllables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonsyllabic
adjective
Meaning 8
(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: accentual, quantitative
adjective
Meaning 9
consisting of or using a syllabary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 10
of or relating to syllables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- syllabic accent
- syllabic characters each represent a syllable
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: складо́вы (skladóvy) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Belarusian: складаўтвара́льны (skladawtvarálʹny) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Breton: silabennek — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Bulgarian: сри́чков (sríčkov) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Bulgarian: сричкообразу́ващ (sričkoobrazúvašt) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Catalan: sil·làbic — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Czech: slabičný — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Dutch: syllabisch — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Finnish: tavu- — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- French: syllabique — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Galician: silábico — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- German: Silben- — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- German: silbenweise — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- German: silbig — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- German: syllabisch — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Greek: συλλαβικός (syllavikós) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Indonesian: silabis — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Irish: siollach — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Italian: sillabico — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Macedonian: слоговен (slogoven) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Malay: suku kata — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Malay: silabik — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Polish: sylabowy — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Polish: zgłoskowy — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Polish: zgłoskotwórczy — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Polish: sylabiczny — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Portuguese: silábico — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Romanian: silabic — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Russian: слогово́й (slogovój) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Russian: силлаби́ческий (sillabíčeskij) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Russian: слогообразу́ющий (slogoobrazújuščij) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Serbo-Croatian: сло̏готво̄ран — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Serbo-Croatian: сло̀го̄внӣ — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Serbo-Croatian: slȍgotvōran — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Serbo-Croatian: slògōvnī — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Slovak: slabičný — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Slovene: skladenjski — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Spanish: silábico — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Ukrainian: складови́й (skladovýj) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Ukrainian: складотво́рчий (skladotvórčyj) — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable
- Belarusian: складо́вы (skladóvy) — in linguistics
- Catalan: sil·làbic — in linguistics
- Finnish: syllabinen — in linguistics
- French: syllabique — in linguistics
- German: Silben- — in linguistics
- Greek: συλλαβικός (syllavikós) — in linguistics
- Hungarian: szótagképző — in linguistics
- Hungarian: szótagalkotó — in linguistics
- Hungarian: szillabikus — in linguistics
- Irish: siollach — in linguistics
- Malay: suku kata — in linguistics
- Malay: silabik — in linguistics
- Polish: sylabiczny — in linguistics
- Portuguese: silábico — in linguistics
- Russian: слогово́й (slogovój) — in linguistics
- Russian: силлаби́ческий (sillabíčeskij) — in linguistics
- Serbo-Croatian: сло̏готво̄ран — in linguistics
- Serbo-Croatian: сло̀го̄внӣ — in linguistics
- Serbo-Croatian: slȍgotvōran — in linguistics
- Serbo-Croatian: slògōvnī — in linguistics
- Spanish: silábico — in linguistics
- Ukrainian: складови́й (skladovýj) — in linguistics
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