nonsyllabic

Words with a similar base: nonsyllabic

'nonsyllabic'

[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)

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

'nonsyllabic'

[nonsyllabic.a.02] as in: (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable

Examples:
initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic

Origins

					nonsyllabic (English)
├── non- (English)
│   ├── non (Latin)
│   │   ├── noenu (Latin)
│   │   └── noenum (Latin)
│   └── nona (Latin)
└── syllabic (English)
    └── syllabicus (Latin)
        └── συλλαβικός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
            └── συλλαβή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
                └── συλλαμβάνω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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