SYLLABLE-TIMED


Meaning of SYLLABLE-TIMED in English

/sil"euh beuhl tuymd'/ , adj. Phonet. (of a language)

having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time. Cf. stress-timed .

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