WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025syl•lab•ic /sɪˈlæbɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to a syllable.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025syl•lab•ic
(si lab′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
- of, pertaining to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
- pronounced with careful distinction of syllables.
- Poetryof, pertaining to, or noting poetry based on a specific number of syllables, as distinguished from poetry depending on stresses or quantities.
- Music and Dance(of chanting) having each syllable sung to one note only.
[Phonet.]
(of a consonant) forming a syllable by itself, as the (n) in button
(but′n)USA pronunciation or the (l) in bottle
(bot′l).USA pronunciation
(of a vowel) dominating the other sounds in a syllable;
sonantal.
n.
- Phonetics, Linguisticsa syllabic sound.
- Greek syllabikós. See syllable, -ic
- Late Latin syllabicus
- 1720–30
syl•lab′i•cal•ly, adv.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
syllabic / sɪˈlæbɪk/ - of or relating to syllables or the division of a word into syllables
- denoting a kind of verse line based on a specific number of syllables rather than being regulated by stresses or quantities
- (of a consonant) constituting a syllable
- a syllabic consonant
sylˈlabically
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