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subsyllabic

subsyllabic adjective: of, or related to parts or fractions of a syllable.

Adjective

subsyllabic (comparative more subsyllabic, superlative most subsyllabic)

  1. Of, or related to parts or fractions of a syllable.
    • While we assume that phonological subsyllabic units are functional prior to reading skill, we have not ruled out a possible interaction with the writing system.2002, Ludo Verhoeven, Carsten Elbro, Pieter Reitsma, editors, Precursors of Functional Literacy

Forms of subsyllabic

comparativemore subsyllabic
superlativemost subsyllabic

Origin of subsyllabic

From sub- + syllabic.

Questions about subsyllabic

What does subsyllabic mean?
Subsyllabic means of, or related to parts or fractions of a syllable.
What part of speech is subsyllabic?
Subsyllabic is an adjective.

Words near subsyllabic in the dictionary

  1. subsuturally
  2. subswarm
  3. subswarms
  4. subswitch
  5. subswitches
  6. subsyllabic
  7. subsymbol
  8. subsymbolic
  9. subsymbols
  10. subsymmetrical
  11. subsymmetries

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