nonsyllabic

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adjective

Not syllabic.

Similar
unsyllabicunsyllabled
Opposite
syllabic
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Meanings

adjectivenonsyllabic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot syllabic.
nounnonsyllabic (plural nonsyllabics)

plural nonsyllabics

  1. human sciencesA sound that is not syllabic.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot 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)

Similar
unsyllabicunsyllabled
Opposite
syllabic

adjective(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable

Opposite
syllabic
Also see
asyllabicunsyllabicunsyllabled

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From non- + syllabic.

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Translations

Polish asylabiczny, niesylabiczny
  • asylabicznyTranslations
  • niesylabicznyTranslations
  • niezgłoskotwórczyTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

nonsyllabic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsyllabic

MLA

“nonsyllabic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsyllabic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonsyllabic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsyllabic.

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