adjective
- not forming or constituting a syllable; having no syllabic value
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- In English, the final 'n' in 'button' is asyllabic when pronounced quickly.
- Linguists debate whether certain consonants can be asyllabic in stressed positions.
- The schwa sound is sometimes considered asyllabic in rapid speech.
- Asyllabic consonants do not form the nucleus of a syllable.
- The 'l' in 'bottle' functions as an asyllabic segment in many dialects.