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comparative more syllabic, superlative most syllabic
Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables. quotations examples
Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure..
2014, Guillaume Jacques, “V: Cone”, in Jackson Sun, editor, Phonological Profiles of Little-Studied Tibetic Varieties, Taipei: Academia Sinica, page 270
Pronounced with every syllable distinct. examples
(linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle ([ɹɪdl̩]), the two syllabic sounds are [ɪ] and [l̩]. examples
Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities. examples
plural syllabics
(linguistics) A syllabic sound. examples