What is the meaning of nonsyllabic?

adjective

  • 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. )
    • usage: "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'"
  • Of speech sounds. ( not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable)
    • usage: "initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic"
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