Meaning of syllabic in English

Qualitative Adjective
syllabic
Etymology
early 18th century: from French syllabique or late Latin syllabicus, from Greek sullabikos, from sullabē‘syllable’
Definitions
1. of or relating to syllables
Examples
- « syllabic accent »
- « syllabic characters each represent a syllable »
2. consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters
Examples
- « 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
Synonyms
- decasyllabic
- octosyllabic
Antonyms
- accentual
- quantitative
4. consisting of a syllable or syllables
Examples
- « constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable »
- « consisting of a consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllab »
Synonyms
Antonyms
- nonsyllabic
- unsyllabic
5. of liquids and nasals
Antonyms

Pronunciation