Definition of Syllabic

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of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables, consisting of syllables; forming a syllable; of or pertaining to a style of poetry based on the number of syllables in a line

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(a.)
Alt. of Syllabical

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syllabic
\syl*lab"ic\ (?), syllabical \syl*lab"ic*al\ (?), ] a. [gr. &?;: cf. f. syllabique.]
1. of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.
2. consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment. "the syllabic stage of writing."
syllabic
adj
1. of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
2. consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; "eskimos of the eastern arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
3. (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities [ant: accentual, quantitative]
4. 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'" [ant: nonsyllabic]
5. (phonology) of liquids and nasals [syn: vocalic]
[ant: consonantal]

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Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.

Welsh Dictionaries

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary

Silliadaeth, Sillyddiaeth = n. a syllabic system

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WordNet 2.0

Adjective
1. of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
(pertainym) syllable
2. consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
(pertainym) syllabary, syllabic script
3. (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
(antonym) accentual
(similar) decasyllabic
4. consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable (as being the first vowel in a falling diphthong); "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `bot-n-y'"; "the syllabic `o' in `oi'"
(antonym) nonsyllabic, unsyllabic
(similar) disyllabic
5. of liquids and nasals
(synonym) vocalic
(classification) phonology, phonemics

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Syllabic may refer to:

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, a family of abugidas used to write a number of Aboriginal Canadian languages.
Syllabary, writing system using symbols for syllables
Abugida, writing system using symbols for consonant-vowel combinations (used to be called syllabic in the 19th century and syllabic alphabet by Coulmas)
Syllable
Syllabic verse
Syllabic consonant