Nonsyllabic

What does NONSYLLABIC mean?

1. adjective

   not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)

   “the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'”

2. adjective

   (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable

   “initial `l' in `little' is nonsyllabic”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.