Usually means: Not forming a syllable nucleus.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word nonsyllabic:

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  1. nonsyllabic: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonsyllabic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nonsyllabic: Vocabulary.com
  4. nonsyllabic: Wiktionary
  5. nonsyllabic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. nonsyllabic: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. nonsyllabic: Dictionary.com
  8. Nonsyllabic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. nonsyllabic: Rhymezone
  10. nonsyllabic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. nonsyllabic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. nonsyllabic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nonsyllabic)

▸ adjective:  Not syllabic.
▸ noun:  (phonetics) A sound that is not syllabic.

Similar:
unsyllabic, nonvocalic, unsyllabled, consonantal, nonmonosyllabic, nonpolysyllabic, non-syllabic, nonconsonantal, asyllabic, nonsonant, more...

Opposite:
polysyllabic, multisyllabic, complex

Types:
crystal, rhythm, prism, schism, phantasm, chasm, spasm, sarcasm, more...

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Similar:
unsyllabic, nonvocalic, unsyllabled, consonantal, nonmonosyllabic, nonpolysyllabic, non-syllabic, nonconsonantal, asyllabic, nonsonant, more...

Opposite:
polysyllabic, multisyllabic, complex

Types:
crystal, rhythm, prism, schism, phantasm, chasm, spasm, sarcasm, more...



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