nonsyllabic

Adjective

Meaning

(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable

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)

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Examples

initial `l' in `little' is nonsyllabic Source: Internet

the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny' Source: Internet

the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi' Source: Internet

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