| ADJECTIVE | all | unsyllabic, nonsyllabic | not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable |
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| 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). | |
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| Synonym | nonsyllabic | |
| Narrower | unsyllabled | not articulated in syllables |
| Opposite | syllabic | Consisting of a syllable or syllables |
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