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extrasyllabic

extrasyllabic adjective: occurring outside a syllable.

Adjective

extrasyllabic (not comparable)

  1. occurring outside a syllable

Origin of extrasyllabic

From extra- + syllabic.

Words formed from extrasyllabic

Questions about extrasyllabic

What does extrasyllabic mean?
Extrasyllabic means occurring outside a syllable.
What part of speech is extrasyllabic?
Extrasyllabic is an adjective.

Words near extrasyllabic in the dictionary

  1. extrastriatum
  2. extrastriolar
  3. extrastructural
  4. extrasubsegmental
  5. extrasurgical
  6. extrasyllabic
  7. extrasyllabically
  8. extrasyllabicity
  9. extrasyllogistic
  10. extrasynaptic
  11. extrasynaptically

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