syllabic

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

adj

1. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
   Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure.. 2014, Guillaume Jacques, “V: Cone”, in Jackson Sun, editor, Phonological Profiles of Little-Studied Tibetic Varieties, Taipei: Academia Sinica, →OCLC, page 270
2. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
3. (linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle ([ɹɪdl̩]), the two syllabic sounds are [ɪ] and [l̩].
4. Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.

noun

1. (linguistics) A syllabic sound.