| ̷ ̷+ adjective
: not constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable:
a. of a consonant : accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel
n is syllabic in ˈbät ə nē botany, nonsyllabic in ˈbätnē
b. of a vowel : having vowel quality less prominent than that of another vowel in the syllable
the second vowel of a falling diphthong, as i in ȯi, is nonsyllabic