Adjective nonsyllabic has 2 senses
- nonsyllabic, unsyllabic - 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); "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'"
Antonyms: syllabic, disyllabic, monosyllabic, octosyllabic, pentasyllabic, polysyllabic, syllabled
- consonantal, nonsyllabic, nonvocalic - of liquids and nasals
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