Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syllabicity

/ˌsɪləˈbɪsɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: syl-lab-ic-i-ty
IPA: /ˌsɪləˈbɪsɪti/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property or status (of a syllabic, generally a vowel) of being syllabic, i.e. able to be positioned in the syllable nuclei.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The syllabicity of Proto-Indo-European syllabic sonorants *y and *w can easily be determined by a rule."

Etymology

Etymology tree English syllabic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English syllabicity From syllabic + -ity.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

ambisyllabicity decasyllabicity

Questions

How do you pronounce syllabicity?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪləˈbɪsɪti/.
What does syllabicity mean?: The property or status (of a syllabic, generally a vowel) of being syllabic, i.e. able to be positioned in the syllable nuclei.
Where does syllabicity come from?: Etymology tree English syllabic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English syllabicity From syllabic + -ity.

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