HyperDic: unsyllabic

English > 1 sense of the word unsyllabic:
ADJECTIVEallunsyllabic, nonsyllabicnot forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable
English > unsyllabic: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningnot 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).
Synonymnonsyllabic
Narrowerunsyllablednot articulated in syllables
OppositesyllabicConsisting of a syllable or syllables

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