Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nonsyllabic"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nonsyllabic
adj 1: not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; (of a
consonant sound) accompanied in the same syllable by a
vowel sound as the `n' in `botany' when pronounced
`botny'; (of a vowel sound) dominated by other vowel
sounds in a syllable; i.e. being the second vowel in a
falling diphthong as the `i' in `oi' [syn: {unsyllabic}]
[ant: {syllabic}]
2: (phonology) of liquids and nasals [syn: {consonantal}, {nonvocalic}]
[ant: {vocalic}]
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