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unsyllabic
adjective
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…
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adjective
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’”
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The nonsyllabic ‘n’ in ‘botany’ when it is pronounced ‘botny’
The nonsyllabic ‘i’ in ‘oi’
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