syllabic

syllabic
—syllabically, adv.
/si lab"ik/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
2. pronounced with careful distinction of syllables.
3. of, pertaining 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. Phonet.
a. (of a consonant) forming a syllable by itself, as the /n/ in button /but"n/ or the /l/ in bottle /bot"l/.
b. (of a vowel) dominating the other sounds in a syllable; sonantal.
n.
6. Phonet. a syllabic sound.
[1720-30; < LL syllabicus < Gk syllabikós. See SYLLABLE, -IC]

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