syllabic

Adjective

• (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
  • the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'
    

• consisting of a syllable or syllables

• (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities

• consisting of or using a syllabary
  • eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing
    

• of or relating to syllables
  • syllabic accent
    
  • syllabic characters each represent a syllable
    

Related words

• Antonyms: 
  nonsyllabic , unsyllabic , accentual , quantitative