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English to English adjective
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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) |  | Example: the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'
the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'
source: wordnet30
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(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable | | Example: initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic
source: wordnet30
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