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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
nonsyllabic
1. 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'
• Syn:
unsyllabic
• Ant:
syllabic
• Similar to:
unsyllabled
2. (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
- initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic
• Ant:
syllabic
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