ambisyllabic

[am-bee-si-lab-ik]

adjective Phonetics.

(of a single speech sound or cluster) shared phonetically by two contiguous syllables, as the single n-sound of any or the pl-cluster of grappling.

Origin:
ambi- + syllabic

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Ambisyllabic is always a great word to know.

So is open. Does it mean:

a plosive consonant whose occlusion and release are accomplished chiefly at the glottis

a vowel articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue or with a relatively large oral aperture

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