SYLLABIC


Meaning of SYLLABIC in English

adj.1 of, relating to, or based on syllables.

2 Prosody based on the number of syllables.

3 (of a symbol) representing a whole syllable.

4 articulated in syllables.

Derivatives:

syllabically adv. syllabicity n.

Etymology: F syllabique or LL syllabicus f. Gk sullabikos (as SYLLABLE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.