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Nonsyllabic   Listen
Nonsyllabic

adjective
1.
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).  Synonym: unsyllabic.  "The nonsyllabic 'i' in 'oi'"
2.
(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable.






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Words linked to "Nonsyllabic" :   unsyllabic, syllabic, unsyllabled



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