Melismatic vs. Syllabic

Melismaticadjective

(music) Of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text.

Syllabicadjective

Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.

Syllabicadjective

Pronounced with every syllable distinct.

Syllabicadjective

(linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle ([ɹɪdl̩]), the two syllabic sounds are [ɪ] and [l̩].

Syllabicadjective

Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.

Syllabicnoun

(linguistics) A syllabic sound.

Syllabicadjective

Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.

Syllabicadjective

Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.

Syllabicadjective

of or relating to syllables;

Syllabicadjective

consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters;

Syllabicadjective

(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables;

Syllabicadjective

consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllable (as being the first vowel in a falling diphthong);

Syllabicadjective

of liquids and nasals