syllabary

syllabary - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈsɪləˌbɛɹi/, /sɪˈlæbəɹi/

Noun

syllabary (plural syllabaries)

  1. (orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
  2. (orthography) A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
    • It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.
    • Hyponyms: alphasyllabary, abugida

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Translations

  • Finnish: tavumerkistö (fi)
  • French: syllabaire (fr)
  • Greek: συλλαβάριο n (syllavário)
  • Macedonian: слого́вница f (slogóvnica)
  • Polish: sylabariusz (pl) m
  • Portuguese: silabário (pt) m
  • Tagalog: talapantigan
Meaning and Definition of syllabary
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