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syllabisms

syllabisms is the plural of syllabism.

Meaning of syllabism

Noun

syllabism (countable and uncountable, plural syllabisms)

  1. The expression of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.
    • This latent syllabism, which underlies the alphabetism of the hieroglyphic writing, indicates with sufficient clearness the origin of the Egyptian alphabet.1995, Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet: An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters

Questions about syllabisms

What is syllabisms the plural of?
Syllabisms is the plural of syllabism.

Words near syllabisms in the dictionary

  1. syllabise
  2. syllabised
  3. syllabises
  4. syllabising
  5. syllabism
  6. syllabisms
  7. syllabist
  8. syllabists
  9. syllabization
  10. syllabizations
  11. syllabize

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