a02289738
| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable |
| def | 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) |
| examples | the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny' the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi' |
| Outgoing links | |
| Antonym | nonsyllabic → syllabic |
| Similar to | unsyllabled |
| Incoming links | |
| Antonym | syllabic → nonsyllabic |
| Similar to | unsyllabled |
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