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SYLLABICITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does syllabicity mean?
• SYLLABICITY (noun)
The noun SYLLABICITY has 1 sense:
1. the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language
Familiarity information: SYLLABICITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The pattern of syllable formation in a particular language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("syllabicity" is a kind of...):
language system (a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language)
Derivation:
syllabic (of or relating to syllables)
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