syllabary
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English
Etymology
From Neo-Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪləˌbɛɹi/, /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/
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Noun
syllabary (plural syllabaries)
- (orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
- (orthography) A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
- Hyponyms: alphasyllabary, abugida
- It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.
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