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syllabical

syllabical is the alternative form of syllabic.

Meaning of syllabic

Adjective

syllabic (comparative more syllabic, superlative most syllabic)

  1. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
    • Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure..2014, Guillaume Jacques, “V: Cone”, in Jackson Sun, editor, Phonological Profiles of Little-Studied Tibetic Varieties, Taipei: Academia Sinica, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270
  2. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
  3. Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle ([ɹɪdl̩]), the two syllabic sounds are [ɪ] and [l̩].
  4. Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.

See all 5 meanings of syllabic

Origin of syllabical

Ancient Greek

Words formed from syllabical

Questions about syllabical

What is syllabical the alternative form of?
Syllabical is the alternative form of syllabic.

Words near syllabical in the dictionary

  1. syllabic breaks
  2. syllabic consonant
  3. syllabic consonants
  4. syllabic rhyme
  5. syllabic rhymes
  6. syllabical
  7. syllabically
  8. syllabicate
  9. syllabicated
  10. syllabicates
  11. syllabicating

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