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NONSYLLABIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
Example:
initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic
Classified under:
Antonym:
syllabic ((of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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)
Example:
the nonsyllabic 'i' in 'oi'
Synonyms:
nonsyllabic; unsyllabic
Classified under:
Similar:
unsyllabled (not articulated in syllables)
Antonym:
syllabic (consisting of a syllable or syllables)
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