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Nonsyllabic

adj, noun

Definitions

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
Noun
  1. 1
    A sound that is not syllabic.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From non- + syllabic.

Etymology 2

From non- + syllabic.

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