English to English
adjective
- of or relating to syllables
Syllabic accent.
Syllabic characters each represent a syllable.
source: WordNet 3.0
- consisting of or using a syllabary
Eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
source: WordNet 3.0
- consisting of a syllable or syllables
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
The syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.
source: Webster 1913
