syllabary
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syllabary
- /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/ UK
- /ˈsɪləˌbɛɹi/ US
- /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/ US
noun syllabaries
- A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
- 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.
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noun table
| Português | silabário |
|---|---|
| Français | syllabaire |
| Ελληνικά | συλλαβάριο syllavário |
noun system
| Español | silabario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 음절문자 eumjeolmunja |
| 日本語 | 音節文字 onsetsu moji |
| 中文 | 音節文字 /音节文字 yīnjié wénzì |
| Português | silabário |
| Français | syllabaire |
| Deutsch | Silbenschrift |
| Ελληνικά | συλλαβογραφία syllavografía |
| Русский | слогова́я а́збука slogovája ázbuka, слогово́е письмо́ slogovóje pisʹmó, слогова́я пи́сьменность slogovája písʹmennostʹ |
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@misc{syllabary_2026,
title = {syllabary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syllabary},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
