Syllabic verse — is a poetic form having a fixed number of syllables per line or stanza regardless of the number of stresses that are present. It is common in languages that are syllable timed such as Japanese or modern French or Finnish, as opposed to accentual… … Wikipedia
syllabic verse — or syllabic metre noun Syllabics • • • Main Entry: ↑syllable … Useful english dictionary
Accentual-syllabic verse — is an extension of accentual verse which fixes both the number of stresses and syllables within a line or stanza. Accentual syllabic verse is highly regular and therefore easily scannable. Usually, either one metrical foot, or a specific pattern… … Wikipedia
accentual-syllabic verse — ▪ prosody in prosody, the metrical system that is most commonly used in English poetry. It is based on both the number of stresses, or accents, and the number of syllables in each line of verse. A line of iambic pentameter verse, for… … Universalium
syllabic — [si lab′ik] adj. [LL syllabicus < Gr syllabikos] 1. of a syllable or syllables 2. forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; specif., a) being the most prominent sound in a phonemic syllable: said of a vowel b) constituting the more… … English World dictionary
Syllabic — may refer to: *Syllabary *Syllable *Syllabic verse *Syllabic consonant … Wikipedia
syllabic metre — syllabic verse or syllabic metre noun Syllabics • • • Main Entry: ↑syllable … Useful english dictionary
syllabic — adjective of or based on syllables: syllabic stress | syllabic verse … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
syllabic — syl•lab•ic [[t]sɪˈlæb ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables 2) pro based on or pertaining to a specific number of syllables, as opposed to vowel length or number of stresses: syllabic verse[/ex] 3) phn a) (of … From formal English to slang
syllabic — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin syllabicus, from Greek syllabikos, from syllabē syllable Date: 1728 1. constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable: a. not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel < a syllabic consonant > b. having… … New Collegiate Dictionary
