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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)play

  Familiarity information: UNSYLLABIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSYLLABIC (adjective)


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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