| consisting of a syllable or syllables | 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) |
| (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities | (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable |
| (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable | |
| consisting of or using a syllabary | |
| of or relating to syllables | |