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; (of a consonant

sound) not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel

sound; "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n'

in `botany' when pronounced `bot-n-y'"; (of a vowel sound)

dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable as being

the first vowel in a falling diphthong; "the syllabic `o'

in `oi'" [ant: {nonsyllabic}]

5: (phonology) of liquids and nasals [syn: {vocalic}] [ant: {consonantal}]