heterosyllabic

English

Etymology

hetero- +‎ syllabic

Adjective

heterosyllabic (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Not occurring in the same syllable.

   Antonym: tautosyllabic

   Coordinate term: ambisyllabic

   • 2005, Luciano Canepari, A Handbook of Pronunciation, Lincom Europa, →ISBN, page 137:

     In fact, it is a question of two –heterosyllabic– consonants, whereby the neutral Italian structure could not tolerate more complicated sequences, as they would make these syllables too heavy to pronounce.

Translations

not occurring in the same syllable

• Serbo-Croatian: heterosilàbičkī (sh)
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See also

• heteromorphemic

Further reading

• tautosyllabic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia