nonsyllabic

  • (a) 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"
    unsyllabic,
  • (a) (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
    • initial 'l" in 'little" is nonsyllabic

Synonyms

unsyllabic

Antonyms

syllabic

Words of close approximity