syllabic
- adjective
- /sɪˈlæbɪk/
- Specialized
- Have students research melismatic, neumatic, and syllabic singing in church music and the history of chant from Gregory to the Council of Trent.
- syllabic plural
- syllabic words
- syllabic plural morpheme
So my first word, my first multi syllabic word that wasn't like, you know, Mama or Dada was dangerous, dangerous.
- So my first word, my first multi syllabic word that wasn't like, you know, Mama or Dada was dangerous, dangerous.
- It's a multi syllabic summation of who I am, I guess.
Examples
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In the music classroom, children learning music-symbol reading clap and sing their own names by syllabic division ("Jon-a-than").
Academic text (2002) -
Purpose: Children acquire /-? z/ syllabic plurals (e.g., buses) later than /-s, -z/ segmental plurals (e.g., cats, dogs).
Academic text (2013) -
The aim of our study was to determine which factors best explain this later acquisition of the syllabic plural.
Academic text (2013) -
Students learned strategies for decoding multi-syllabic words and participated in structured partner reading.
Academic text (2014) -
Hence, this much lower frequency of occurrence of the syllabic plural may be a significant contributor to this morpheme's later acquisition.
Academic text (2013) -
In language classes, students often learn about syllabic stress to improve their pronunciation.
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The teacher explained how syllabic division helps in understanding the structure of difficult words.
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In music, a syllabic vocal line uses one note for each syllable of the lyrics.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A writing system where each symbol stands for a syllable like "ka" or "mo"
How Ornate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Syllabic comes from syllable, the little sound unit in speech. So syllabic simply means 'about syllables', for example when a language or a song uses syllables as the main building blocks of sound.