syllabic

 
Pronunciation: /sɪˈlabɪk/

adjective

  • relating to or based on syllables: a system of syllabic symbols
  • Prosody (of verse or metre) based on the number of syllables in a line: the recreation of classical syllabic metres
  • (of a consonant, especially a nasal or other continuant) constituting a whole syllable, such as the m in Mbabane or the l in bottle.
  • articulated in syllables: syllabic singing

noun

  • a written character that represents a syllable: Inuit syllabics

Derivatives

syllabically

adverb

syllabicity

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪsɪti/
noun

Origin:

early 18th century: from French syllabique or late Latin syllabicus, from Greek sullabikos, from sullabē 'syllable'