How do you pronounce syllabic?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/.

syllabic

/sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: syl-lab-ic
IPA: /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.

adj

Pronounced with every syllable distinct.

adj

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 ([ɹɪdl̩]), the two syllabic sounds are [ɪ] and [l̩].

adj

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.

noun

A syllabic sound.

Example Sentences

"Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure.."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: syllabicus, συλλαβικός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
British English: /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

Inflected Forms

more syllabic (comparative) most syllabic (superlative) syllabics (plural)

Derived Forms

alphasyllabic ambisyllabic anisosyllabic anisosyllabism asyllabic bisyllabic brachysyllabic decasyllabic dissyllabic disyllabic dodecasyllabic duodecasyllabic

Phrases

accentual-syllabic non-syllabic syllabic abbreviation syllabic break syllabic consonant syllabic rhyme

Rhymes With

polysyllabic drabek monosyllabic octosyllabic trisyllabic hendecasyllabic pentasyllabic