heterosyllabic
English
Etymology
hetero- + syllabic
Adjective
heterosyllabic (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Not occurring in the same syllable.
- Antonym: tautosyllabic
- Coordinate term: ambisyllabic
- 2005, Luciano Canepari, A Handbook of Pronunciation, Lincom Europa, →ISBN, page 137:
- In fact, it is a question of two –heterosyllabic– consonants, whereby the neutral Italian structure could not tolerate more complicated sequences, as they would make these syllables too heavy to pronounce.
Translations
not occurring in the same syllable
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See also
- heteromorphemic
Further reading
tautosyllabic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia