What does syllabic mean?
Definitions for syllabic
sɪˈlæb ɪk; ˈbʌt n; ˈbɒt lsyl·lab·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
syllabicadjective
of or relating to syllables
"syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
syllabicadjective
consisting of or using a syllabary
"eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
syllabicadjective
(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
syllabicadjective
consisting of a syllable or syllables
syllabicadjective
(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
"the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'"
Wiktionary
syllabicnoun
A syllabic sound.
syllabicadjective
Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
syllabicadjective
Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
syllabicadjective
Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (rd'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (iu02D8) and the (l).
syllabicadjective
Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.
Etymology: syllabicus, from συλλαβικός, from συλλαβή.
Webster Dictionary
Syllabicadjective
alt. of Syllabical
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of syllabic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of syllabic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of syllabic in a Sentence
On this otherwise Middle Egyptian caption were a Canaanite syllabic and the world’s oldest attested proto-consonantal letter–‘B’, depicting a house for the Hebrew consonantbayit.
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Translations for syllabic
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- sil·làbicCatalan, Valencian
- Silbe, silbenweiseGerman
- συλλαβικόςGreek
- silábicoSpanish
- syllabiqueFrench
- siollachIrish
- silabik, suku kataMalay
- силлаби́ческий, слогово́йRussian
- slȍgotvōranSerbo-Croatian
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