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Syllabic has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A syllabic sound.

Adjective
1

of or relating to syllables

"syllabic accent"

"syllabic characters each represent a syllable"

2

consisting of or using a syllabary

"eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"

3

(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities

4

consisting of a syllable or syllables

5

(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable

"the syllabic `nl' in `riddle'"

6

Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.

Example Sentences
"syllabic accent" adjective
"syllabic characters each represent a syllable" adjective
"eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing" adjective
"the syllabic `nl' in `riddle'" adjective
See Also
canadian aboriginal syllabics verse syllabary sonorant vowel hirt's law accent quantity
Related Terms
Antonyms
accentual quantitative unsyllabic nonsyllabic
Rhyming Words
bic qbic cubic rabic subic orbic albic pubic sabic lubic babic cambic iambic plabic carbic terbic sorbic arabic zombic amebic
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