English to English
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'.
The nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
Initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic.
source: WordNet 3.0
