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UNSYLLABIC

Dictionary entry overview: What does unsyllabic mean?

• UNSYLLABIC (adjective)
The adjective UNSYLLABIC has 1 sense:

1. 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)

Familiarity information: UNSYLLABIC used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UNSYLLABIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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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)

Synonyms:

nonsyllabic; unsyllabic

Context examples:

the nonsyllabic 'n' in 'botany' when it is pronounced 'botny' / the nonsyllabic 'i' in 'oi'

Similar:

unsyllabled (not articulated in syllables)

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