Syllabic

Common synonyms include: accented, alphabetic character, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental.

/sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

Adjective

1
Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
"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.."
2
Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
3
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].
4
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.

Adjective

1
(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable wordnet
2
consisting of a syllable or syllables wordnet
3
(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities wordnet
4
consisting of or using a syllabary wordnet
5
of or relating to syllables wordnet

"Your language has very ambiguous syllabic boundaries."

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