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    UNSYLLABIC

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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)play

    Example:

    the nonsyllabic 'i' in 'oi'

    Synonyms:

    nonsyllabic; unsyllabic

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    unsyllabled (not articulated in syllables)

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