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UNSYLLABIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsyllabic mean?
• UNSYLLABIC (adjective)
The adjective UNSYLLABIC has 1 sense:
1. not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
Familiarity information: UNSYLLABIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
Synonyms:
nonsyllabic; unsyllabic
Context example:
the nonsyllabic 'i' in 'oi'
Similar:
unsyllabled (not articulated in syllables)
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