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syllable-timed

syllable-timed adjective: of a language, such that every spoken syllable takes up more or less the same amount of time.

Adjective

syllable-timed (not comparable)

  1. Of a language, such that every spoken syllable takes up more or less the same amount of time.

Words formed from syllable-timed

Questions about syllable-timed

What does syllable-timed mean?
Syllable-timed means of a language, such that every spoken syllable takes up more or less the same amount of time.
What part of speech is syllable-timed?
Syllable-timed is an adjective.

Words near syllable-timed in the dictionary

  1. syllabizing
  2. syllable
  3. syllable timing
  4. syllable weight
  5. syllable weights
  6. syllable-timed
  7. syllabled
  8. syllables
  9. syllabling
  10. syllabogram
  11. syllabograms

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