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 (rĭd'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l)
Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities
of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
{s} of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables, consisting of syllables; forming a syllable; of or pertaining to a style of poetry based on the number of syllables in a line
consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable (as being the first vowel in a falling diphthong); "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or the syllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `bot-n-y'"; "the syllabic `o' in `oi'"
of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable
consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
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 (rĭdl), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l)