Sentence example with the word 'syllabic'

syllabic

accented, bilabial, consonantal, glottal, labiovelar, monogram, palatalized, pitched, strong, unrounded, wide

Definition adj. of or relating to syllables

Last update: August 6, 2015


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Malay is essentially, with few exceptions, a dissyllabic language, and the syllabic accent rests on the penultimate unless that syllable is open and short; e.g.   [Please select]

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The laugh was repeated in its low, syllabic tone, and terminated in an odd murmur.   [Please select]

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They went to the brook and lunched and made easy records of syllabic calls that could be rendered in words and by whistling.   [Please select]

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So that this cuneiform writing developed very readily into a syllabic way of writing, in which each sign conveys a syllable just as each act in a charade conveys a syllable.   [Please select]

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When presently the Semites conquered Sumeria, they adapted the syllabic system to their own speech, and so this writing became entirely a sign-for-a-sound writing.   [Please select]

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