syllabic

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
• Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
• 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].
• 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.

Noun

• A syllabic sound.

Origin

• From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός, from συλλαβή.