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syl⋅lab⋅ic

  [si-lab-ik]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
2. pronounced with careful distinction of syllables.
3. of, pertaining to, or noting poetry based on a specific number of syllables, as distinguished from poetry depending on stresses or quantities.
4. (of chanting) having each syllable sung to one note only.
5. Phonetics.
a. (of a consonant) forming a syllable by itself, as the (n) in button [buht-n] or the (l) in bottle [bot-l] .
b. (of a vowel) dominating the other sounds in a syllable; sonantal.
–noun
6. Phonetics. a syllabic sound.
Origin:
1720–30; < LL syllabicus < Gk syllabikós. See syllable, -ic

Related forms:
syl⋅lab⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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syl·lab·ic   (sĭ-lāb'ĭk)   
adj.  

    1. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.

    2. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.

  2. Linguistics 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 (rĭd'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l).

  3. 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.

n.   Linguistics
A syllabic sound.

[Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Greek sullabikos, from sullabē, syllable; see syllable.]
syl·lab'i·cal·ly adv.
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