- syllabicity
- noun Date: 1933 the state of being or the power of forming a syllable
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syllabicity — noun The property or status of (of a syllabic, generally a vowel) of being syllabic, i.e. able to be positioned in the syllable nuclei. The syllabicity of Proto Indo European syllabic sonorants ,y and ,w can easily be determined by a rule … Wiktionary
syllabicity — /sil euh bis i tee/, n. the state of being syllabic; the ability to form a syllable. [1930 35; SYLLABIC + ITY] * * * … Universalium
syllabicity — syl·la·bic·i·ty … English syllables
syllabicity — noun the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑syllabic • Hypernyms: ↑language system … Useful english dictionary
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