syllable-timed
[ sil-uh-buh l-tahymd ]
/ ˈsɪl ə bəlˌtaɪmd /
adjective Phonetics. (of a language)
having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
Words nearby syllable-timed
syllabicity, syllabify, syllabism, syllabize, syllable, syllable-timed, syllabogram, syllabography, syllabub, syllabus, syllepsis
Compare stress-timed.
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