syllabary
UK/ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi//ˈsɪləˌbɛɹi/
syllabary noun: a table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
Noun
syllabary (plural syllabaries)
- A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
- A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
- It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.
- Bamum is a syllabary developed between 1896 and 1910, used for writing the Bamum language in western Cameroon.2022 September, “Version 15.0 – Core Specification”, in Unicode, page 793
syllabary meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
syllabary in Tamil
- அசையெழுத்து
syllabary in Tagalog
- table
- talapantigan
- system
- talapantigan, pantigan
Forms of syllabary
| plural | syllabaries |
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Origin of syllabary
From New Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.
Words formed from syllabary
Questions about syllabary
- What does syllabary mean?
- Syllabary means a table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
- What is syllabary in Tamil?
- Syllabary in Tamil is அசையெழுத்து. See Syllabary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is syllabary?
- Syllabary is a noun.
- How do you pronounce syllabary?
- Syllabary is pronounced /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of syllabary?
- The plural of syllabary is syllabaries.
Words near syllabary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: syllabary (page history and authors); syllabary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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