syl|lab|ic

syl|lab|ic
syl|lab|ic «suh LAB ihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of, having to do with, or made up of syllables.
2. forming a separate syllable by itself. The second l in little is syllabic.
3. pronounced syllable by syllable; uttered with distinct separation of syllables.
4. representing a syllable; consisting of signs representing syllables.
5. Prosody. denoting versification based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities: »

English metre, according to many theorists, is neither syllabic nor quantitative, but simply accentual (Times Literary Supplement).

–n.
a syllabic speech sound.
–syl|lab´i|cal|ly, adverb.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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