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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sound that is not syllabic.

Adjective

1. 1
   Not syllabic. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable wordnet
2. 2
   not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

asyllabicunsyllabicunsyllabled

Antonyms

All antonyms

syllabic

Etymology

From non- + syllabic.

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