Hypertext Webster Gateway: "syllabic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.'' --Earle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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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