- of or relating to syllables;
"syllabic accent" "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
- consisting of or using a syllabary;
"eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
- (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
- consisting of a syllable or syllables
- (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable;
"the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'"