syllabary

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/
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/ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/ · /ˈsɪləˌbɛɹi/

Definition of syllabary

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
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noun

  1. A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
  2. A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
    “It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.”
    “Bamum is a syllabary developed between 1896 and 1910, used for writing the Bamum language in western Cameroon.”

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Etymology

From New Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.

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