nonsyllabic

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  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    nonsyllabic adjective english

    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'"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    nonsyllabic adjective english

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