syllabic
adjective /sɪˈlæbɪk/
  /sɪˈlæbɪk/
 (phonetics)- based on syllables
- syllabic stress
 
 - (of a consonant) forming a whole syllable, for example /l/ in settleTopics Languagec2
 
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French syllabique or late Latin syllabicus, from Greek sullabikos, from sullabē ‘syllable’.