English dictionary
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English adjective: nonsyllabic | |||
| 1. | nonsyllabic 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) | ||
| Samples | The nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'. The nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'. | ||
| Synonyms | unsyllabic | ||
| Similar | unsyllabled | ||
| Antonyms | syllabic | ||
| 2. | nonsyllabic (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable | ||
| Samples | Initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic. | ||
| Antonyms | syllabic | ||
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