nonsyllabic.a.01

'nonsyllabic.a.01'

[nonsyllabic.a.01] as in: 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)

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Examples:
the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'
the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'