SYLLABARY


Meaning of SYLLABARY in English

/sil"euh ber'ee/ , n. , pl. syllabaries .

1. a list or catalog of syllables.

2. a set of written symbols, each of which represents a syllable, used to write a given language: the Japanese syllabary.

[ 1580-90; syllabarium. See SYLLABLE, -ARY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .