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Meaning of "syllabary" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SYLLABARY

From New Latin syllabārium, from Latin syllabasyllable.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SYLLABARY

syllabary  [ˈsɪləbərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYLLABARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Syllabary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SYLLABARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Syllabary

A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or moras which make up words. A symbol in a syllabary, called a syllabogram, typically represents an consonant sound followed by a vowel sound —that is, a CV or V syllable—but other phonographic mappings such as CVC and CV-tone are also found in syllabaries.

Definition of syllabary in the English dictionary

The definition of syllabary in the dictionary is a table or list of syllables. Other definition of syllabary is a set of symbols used in certain writing systems, such as one used for Japanese, in which each symbol represents a spoken syllable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYLLABARY


bearberry
ˈbɛəbərɪ
blackberry
ˈblækbərɪ
Bloomsbury
ˈbluːmzbərɪ
blueberry
ˈbluːbərɪ
bribery
ˈbraɪbərɪ
Burberry
ˈbɜːbərɪ
Cadbury
ˈkædbərɪ
canterbury
ˈkæntəbərɪ
checkerberry
ˈtʃɛkəbərɪ
chinaberry
ˈtʃaɪnəbərɪ
cranberry
ˈkrænbərɪ
Glastonbury
ˈɡlæstənbərɪ
mulberry
ˈmʌlbərɪ
Newbury
ˈnjuːbərɪ
raspberry
ˈrɑːzbərɪ
robbery
ˈrɒbərɪ
Salisbury
ˈsɔːlzbərɪ
Shrewsbury
ˈʃrəʊzbərɪ
strawberry
ˈstrɔːbərɪ
Sudbury
ˈsʌdbərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYLLABARY

syllabaria
syllabaries
syllabarium
syllabi
syllabic
syllabical
syllabically
syllabicate
syllabicating
syllabication
syllabicity
syllabification
syllabified
syllabifies
syllabify
syllabism
syllabize
syllable
syllabogram
syllabography

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYLLABARY

ambary
anniversary
Barbary
columbary
common of turbary
contemporary
diary
dictionary
elementary
February
Gary
herbary
Hungary
January
library
Mary
military
necessary
on the contrary
turbary

Synonyms and antonyms of syllabary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «syllabary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYLLABARY

Find out the translation of syllabary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of syllabary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «syllabary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

silabario
570 millions of speakers

English

syllabary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

syllabary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سلبري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слоговое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

silabário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্ণমালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

syllabaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syllabary
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Silbenschrift
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

五十音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

음절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Syllabary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sách dạy đánh vần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமையக்கூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Syllabary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hece işaretleri listesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sillabario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sylabariusz pisma
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слоговое
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

silabar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συλλαβάριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

syllabeschrift
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

syllabary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

språkform
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of syllabary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLLABARY»

The term «syllabary» is regularly used and occupies the 95.981 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLLABARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «syllabary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «syllabary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about syllabary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYLLABARY»

Discover the use of syllabary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to syllabary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Simply Cherokee: Let's Learn Cherokee: Syllabary
After completing the workbook, you will remember the story and the key word whenever you see a syllabary. Cherokee Syllabary is designed for fast assimilation. And when you are done, just move on to the next book.
Marc W Case, 2012
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Syllabary of Chinese Sounds
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Friedrich Hirth, 2010
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Signs of Cherokee Culture: Sequoyah's Syllabary in Eastern ...
The syllabary was not considered to be an arbitrary representation of sound but was seen as being uniquely connected to the Cherokee language. The potential transfer of this writing system to another language, for example, was not ...
Margaret Clelland Bender, 2002
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Assyrian Grammar: An Elementary Grammar; with Full Syllabary ...
Contents Series Foreword / K. C. Hanson Select Bibliography / K. C. Hanson Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Syllabary Nouns Numerals Pronouns Verb Prepositions Compound Prepositions Conjunctions Adverbs Derivation ...
A. H. Sayce, K. C. Hanson, 2002
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Lectures Upon the Assyrian Language and Syllabary: Delivered ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Archibald Henry Sayce, 2013
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The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance
tsi, eta—and finally each character commonly requires several strokes in the making.” The Cherokee syllabary seems devilishly complex to learn for those raised with English as their first language. As Mooney noted, characters resemble each ...
Ellen Cushman, 2012
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An Elementary Grammar; with Full Syllabary and Progressive ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce, 2012
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A Pocket Dictionary of Chinese English and Pekingese Syllabary
A few sounds found in Wade's Syllabary are however omitted, as chiO, ch'io, chüo, ch'üo, chuo, ch'uo, hsio, hsüo, lüo, nio, ибо, уо. These may be considered as rather affected pronunciations used by some teachers, which is quite as well not ...
Chauncey Goodrich, 1982
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A History of Ancient Greek: From the Beginnings to Late ...
syllabary. . .   . .  The first written documents in Cyprus appeared in the sixteenth century . According to E. Masson (see .), two different but closely linked writing systems were in use on the ...
Anastasios-Phoivos Christidēs, Maria Arapopoulou, Maria Chritē, 2007
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American Indian Languages
The syllabaries include the Cherokee syllabary (developed by Sequoya7), "Cree syllabics" (developed in the late 1830s by Methodist missionary James Evans and used by Cree and Ojibwa in northwestern Ontario), the Chipewyan syllabary  ...
Lyle Campbell, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYLLABARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term syllabary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Book artist Frank Brannon uses syllabary to print books in Cherokee …
A syllabary differs from an alphabet in that the characters represent syllables ... He received a grant to have the characters of the syllabary cast in lead and is the ... «Florida Times-Union, Jun 15»
2
Class uses historic Cherokee archive, Skype to hone skills in …
The Kilpatrick Collection includes nearly 2,000 documents from the 1880s through the 1960s, written in the Cherokee syllabary by native speakers. Material ... «Yale News, May 15»
3
Cherokee language now available on Google Android
It's Google's intent to support all world languages, including Cherokee syllabary, as fonts on their devices so Cherokee speakers can use their language in email ... «Native Times, May 15»
4
How White Separatists Disable Native American Facebook Accounts
Galisgewi says Facebook began a Cherokee syllabary project, and he was working on the translation team in 2009 and 2010. To his knowledge, the company ... «ColorLines magazine, Mar 15»
5
Cherokee language: From Trail of Tears to texting in the native tongue
When they finish with the conversation exercise, the students tap out assignments in the 86 characters of the Cherokee syllabary on their computers. At their ... «Al Jazeera America, Nov 14»
6
Cherokee Language Evolving: Syllabary Now Available in Braille
“We provided copies of our Cherokee syllabary, sample text and other items to be able to make Braille in Cherokee a reality. We want to stay in the forefront by ... «Indian Country Today, Jul 14»
7
Cherokee Hymnbook released by Museum
The hymns were derived from a 1830 Cherokee hymnbook that contained only the words in the Cherokee syllabary but no music. Shirley Oswalt, Jinnie Brown ... «Cherokee One Feather, Jun 14»
8
Microsoft, CN collaborate again on Cherokee language
... to add Cherokee to its email service Gmail, which allowed people to exchange emails using Gmail and instant message chats in the Cherokee syllabary. «Cherokee Phoenix, Dec 13»
9
Learn Cherokee Words for "Dog," "Harp," "Star," and More, Using An …
The 85 characters of his syllabary represented the sounds of the language. (Later, the syllabary was edited, to make the characters easier to print.) This was the ... «Slate Magazine, Nov 13»
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Hiragana art: Creating pictures using the Japanese syllabary
The tradition of creating pictures using the Japanese syllabary is still strong today. Many people in Japan will recognize the “へのへのもへじ” face below. «ROCKETNEWS24, Sep 13»

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