Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sil-uh-ber-ee]
- /ˈsɪl əˌbɛr i/
- /ˈsɪ.lə.bə.ri/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sil-uh-ber-ee]
- /ˈsɪl əˌbɛr i/
Definitions of syllabary word
- noun plural syllabary a list or catalog of syllables. 1
- noun plural syllabary a set of written symbols, each of which represents a syllable, used to write a given language: the Japanese syllabary. 1
- noun syllabary a table or list of syllables 0
- noun syllabary a set of symbols used in certain writing systems, such as one used for Japanese, in which each symbol represents a spoken syllable 0
- noun syllabary a set or table of syllables 0
- noun syllabary a set of written signs or characters representing the syllables that are the units in a language that uses syllabic, rather than alphabetic, writing 0
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Origin of syllabary
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
From the New Latin word syllabārium, dating back to 1580-90. See syllable, -ary
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syllabary popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
syllabary usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for syllabary
noun syllabary
- alphabet — An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- morpheme — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
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