syl·la·bar·y

(sĭl′ə-bĕr′ē)

n. pl. syl·la·bar·ies

1. A list of syllables.

2. A set of written characters for a language, each character representing a syllable.

[New Latin syllabārium, from Latin syllaba, syllable; see syllable.]

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syllabary

(ˈsɪləbərɪ) or

syllabarium

n, pl -baries or -baria

1. (Linguistics) a table or list of syllables

2. (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) a set of symbols used in certain writing systems, such as one used for Japanese, in which each symbol represents a spoken syllable

[C16: from New Latin syllabārium, from Latin syllaba syllable]

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syl•la•bar•y

(ˈsɪl əˌbɛr i)

n., pl. -bar•ies.

a set of written symbols, each of which represents a syllable.

[1580–90; < New Latin syllabārium]

syllabary

1. a table of syllables, as might be used for teaching a language.
2. a system of characters or symbols representing syllables instead of individual sounds. Also syllabarium.

Syllabary

a collection or list of syllables.

syllabary

A set of symbols used for representing syllables, for example in Japanese writing.

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Noun

syllabary - a writing system whose characters represent syllables

syllabic script

script - a particular orthography or writing system

Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script - a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi

Translations

syllabary

n → Syllabar nt, → Silbentabelle f

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