Found 2 items, similar to syllabic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: syllabic syllabic adj 1: of or relating to syllables; “syllabic accent”; “syllabic characters each represent a syllable” 2: consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; “eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing” 3: (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities [ant: accentual, quantitative] 4: consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable (as being the first vowel in a falling diphthong); "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `bot-n-y'“; ”the syllabic `o' in `oi'" [ant: nonsyllabic] 5: of liquids and nasals [syn: vocalic] [ant: consonantal]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Syllabic Syllabic \Syl*lab"ic\, Syllabical \Syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. syllabique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment. “The syllabic stage of writing.” --Earle. [1913 Webster]