Syllabic

Definition: Syllabic

Syllabic

Adjective

1. Of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable".

2. Consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing".

3. (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities.

4. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; (of a consonant sound) not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound; "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n' in `botany' when pronounced `bot-n-y'"; (of a vowel sound) dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable as being the first vowel in a falling diphthong; "the syllabic `o' in `oi'".

5. (phonology) of liquids and nasals.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "syllabic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references)

Synonym: Syllabic

Letter

Adjective: literal; alphabetical, abecedarian; syllabic; majuscular, minuscular; uncial; (writing).

Crosswords: Syllabic

Books

• A lexicon to the Cyprian syllabic inscriptions (reference)

• A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language (reference)

• Cree Syllabic Literacy: Cultural Context and Psycological Consequences (reference)

• Megawords Multi Syllabic Words (reference)

• Syllabic Reading: A Sound Reading Method (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "syllabic": syllabic companding ♦ syllabic compandor ♦ syllabic hyphenation ♦ syllabic notation ♦ syllabic script ♦ syllabic speech power. Additional references.

Ending with "syllabic": non-syllabic.

Albanian

rrokjezor. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقطعي (sectional, vassal), ‏متعلق بمقطع لفظي, ‏صوت مقطعي. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сричков, сричкообразуващ. (various references)

Czech

slabièný. (various references)

Danish

syllabisk alali (syllabic alalia), stavelses-rytme (syllabic rhythm), stavelsesnotation (syllabic notation), stavelses-kompressor (syllabic compressor), stavelseskompression (syllabic companding), stavelses-kompander (syllabic compandor), stavelses-forstaaelighed (syllabic intelligibility), stavelsesbaseret orddeling (syllabic hyphenation), stavelses-anordning (syllabic device), stammen (psellism, stammering, stutter, stuttering, syllabic anarthria), fonetisk taleeffekt (phonetic speech power, syllabic speech power), anarthria syllabaris (syllabic anarthria). (various references)

Dutch

syllabische verstaanbaarheid (syllabic intelligibility), syllabische compressor (syllabic compressor), syllabische compander (syllabic compandor), syllabisch ritme (syllabic rhythm), syllabisch instrument (syllabic device), stotteren (stammer, stutter), lettergreep-notatie (syllabic notation), fonetisch spraakvermogen (phonetic speech power, syllabic speech power), dysarthria syllabaris spasmodica (syllabic anarthria), anarthria syllabaris (syllabic anarthria), alalia syllabaris (syllabic alalia), afbreken bij lettergrepen (syllabic hyphenation). (various references)

Farsi 

هجانما, هجاءی , دارای هجاهای شمرده . (various references)

Finnish

tavutus (hyphenation, syllabic hyphenation), tavuperusteinen sanajako (syllabic hyphenation), tavunomainen notaatio (syllabic notation), tavukompandointi (syllabic companding), tavukompanderi (syllabic compandor), tavuittainen rytmi (syllabic rhythm), tavuittainen laite (syllabic device), tavuittainen kompressori (syllabic compressor), tavuittain ymmärrettävyys (syllabic intelligibility), foneettinen puheteho (phonetic speech power, syllabic speech power). (various references)

French

syllabique. (various references)

German

silbenweise (in syllables). (various references)

Greek 

συλλαβικόσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

מחולק ל�"ברות, �"ברי. (various references)

Hungarian

szótagolt, szótag-. (various references)

Italian

sillabazione (hyphenation, syllabic hyphenation), ritmo sillabico (syllabic rhythm), notazione sillabica (syllabic notation), intelligibilit� sillabica (syllabic intelligibility), dispositivo sillabico (syllabic device), compressore-espansore sillabico (syllabic compandor), compressore sillabico (syllabic compressor), comparizzazione sillabica (syllabic companding), cesura sillabica (syllabic hyphenation), balbettamento (babble, babblement), anartria sillabica (syllabic anarthria). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

音節主音 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

お�"せつしゅお�". (various references)

Manx

shillabagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

yllabicsay

Portuguese

silábico. (various references)

Romanian

silabic. (various references)

Russian 

слоговой. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

slogovni, silabičan. (various references)

Spanish

silábico. (various references)

Swedish

stavelsebildande. (various references)

Thai

เกี่ยวกับพยางค์. (various references)

Turkish

hecesel, heceli (syllabled), heceden oluşan, hece ölçüsüyle yazılmış, hece (syllable). (various references)

Ukrainian

складовий (complex, component, composing, constituent, decomposite, multiple), силабічний. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "syllabic": syllabically, syllabicate, syllabicated, syllabicates, syllabicating, syllabication, syllabications, syllabicities, syllabicity, syllabics. (additional references)

Words ending with "syllabic": decasyllabic, disyllabic, hendecasyllabic, monosyllabic, multisyllabic, nonsyllabic, octosyllabic, polysyllabic, trisyllabic. (additional references)

Words containing "syllabic": decasyllabics, hendecasyllabics, monosyllabically, monosyllabicities, monosyllabicity, octosyllabics, polysyllabically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Syllabic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sylabis, syllaba, syllabal, syllabud, syllaby. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: syllabi.

-2 letters: ballsy, bialys, lacily, lilacs, scilla.

-3 letters: acyls, bails, balls, bally, basic, basil, bialy, bills, billy, calls, clays, laics, lilac, salic, sally, scall, scaly, sibyl, silly, slily, yills.

-4 letters: ably, abys, acyl, ails, albs, alls, ally, asci, bail, ball, bals, bays, bias, bill, cabs, call, cays, clay, ills, illy, isba, labs, lacs, lacy.

+1 letter: basically, billycans, syllabics.

+2 letters: disyllabic, symbolical.

+3 letters: biosocially, nonsyllabic, syllabicate, syllabicity, trisyllabic.

+4 letters: decasyllabic, inconsolably, monosyllabic, myeloblastic, octosyllabic, polysyllabic, subglacially, subsonically, syllabically, syllabicated, syllabicates, symbolically.

+5 letters: ballistically, bisectionally, bombastically, decasyllabics, lymphoblastic, multisyllabic, obstetrically, octosyllabics, subclinically, sybaritically, syllabicating, syllabication, syllabicities, symbiotically.