syllabic
adjective/sɪˈlæbɪk/
/sɪˈlæbɪk/
(phonetics)- based on syllables
- syllabic stress
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- (of a consonant) forming a whole syllable, for example /l/ in settleTopics Languagec2
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French syllabique or late Latin syllabicus, from Greek sullabikos, from sullabē ‘syllable’.
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