syllabary

UK: /ˈsɪləbərɪ/ US: (sil′ə ber′ē)

Inflections of 'syllabary' (n): npl: syllabaries

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syl•la•bar•y  (sil′ə ber′ē), n., pl. -bar•ies. 

1. Linguistics a list or catalog of syllables.
2. Linguistics a set of written symbols, each of which represents a syllable, used to write a given language:
   the Japanese syllabary.

• Neo-Latin syllabārium. See syllable, -ary
• 1580–90

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syllabary / ˈsɪləbərɪ/, syllabarium / ˌsɪləˈbɛərɪəm/ noun ( -baries, -baria)

1. a table or list of syllables
2. a set of symbols used in certain writing systems, such as one used for Japanese, in which each symbol represents a spoken syllable

Etymology: 16th Century: from New Latin syllabārium, from Latin syllaba syllable