OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 22094

syllabic

/sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
silábico
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..
silábico
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].