syllabic
adjective /sɪˈlæbɪk/
/sɪˈlæbɪk/
(phonetics)- based on syllables
- syllabic stress
- (of a consonant) forming a whole syllable, for example /l/ in settleTopics Languagec2
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French syllabique or late Latin syllabicus, from Greek sullabikos, from sullabē ‘syllable’.