nonsyllabic

adjective

non·​syllabic

: not constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable:

a

of a consonant : accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel

\n\ is syllabic in \ˈbätᵊnē\ botany, nonsyllabic in \ˈbätnē\

b

of a vowel : having vowel quality less prominent than that of another vowel in the syllable

the second vowel of a falling diphthong, as \i\ in \ȯi\, is nonsyllabic

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