nonsyllabic

Definitions of nonsyllabic

1. adjective

   (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
   “initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic”

   antonyms:

   syllabic

   (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
2. 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)
   “the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'”

   “the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'”

   synonyms: unsyllabic

   unsyllabled

   not articulated in syllables

   antonyms:

   syllabic

   consisting of a syllable or syllables

   disyllabic

   having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables

   monosyllabic

   having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable

   octosyllabic

   having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables

   pentasyllabic

   having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables

   polysyllabic

   having or characterized by words of more than three syllables

   decasyllabic

   having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables

   syllabled

   pronounced in syllables