Thesaurus: nonsyllabic

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1. adj. 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)
2. adj. (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
3. a 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) a (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable