Definitions for syllabic

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syllabic syl·lab·ic

Spelling: [si-lab-ik]

IPA: /sɪˈlæb ɪk/

Syllabic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 216 anagrams from letters in syllabic (abcillsy).

Definitions for syllabic

adjective

1. of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
2. pronounced with careful distinction of syllables.
3. of, relating to, or noting poetry based on a specific number of syllables, as distinguished from poetry depending on stresses or quantities.
4. (of chanting) having each syllable sung to one note only.
5. Phonetics. (of a consonant) forming a syllable by itself, as the (n) in button [buht-n] /ˈbʌt n/ (Show IPA) or the (l) in bottle [bot-l] /ˈbɒt l/ (Show IPA). (of a vowel) dominating the other sounds in a syllable; sonantal.

noun

1. Phonetics. a syllabic sound.

Origin of syllabic

1720-30; Late Latin syllabicus Greek syllabikós. See syllable, -ic

Examples for syllabic

Japanese is a syllabic language like our own, but, unlike our own, it is not accented.

Compare what was said about syllabic m in § 22, and about syllabic n in § 24.

It may prove that there are some ten sheets on the register under this syllabic title.

And this grunt, more than could possibly be conveyed by syllabic utterance, expresses impatience.

There are nearly two hundred syllabic signs, much alike and easy to confuse.

The Chinese have no alphabet, but about 20,000 syllabic characters.

The laugh was repeated in its low, syllabic tone, and terminated in an odd murmur.

These four degrees of syllabic and etymological accent are as follows: 1.

Assisted Evans in his invention of the Cree syllabic characters.

Not one person in that audience except my boatmen, knew a letter or syllabic character.