亚洲网紅露点

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[ sil-uh-ber-ee ]

noun

plural syllabaries.
  1. a list or catalog of syllables.
  2. a set of written symbols, each of which represents a syllable, used to write a given language:

    the Japanese syllabary.



syllabary

/ 藞蝉瑟濒蓹产蓹谤瑟 /

noun

  1. a table or list of syllables
  2. a set of symbols used in certain writing systems, such as one used for Japanese, in which each symbol represents a spoken syllable
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of syllabary1

From the New Latin word 蝉测濒濒补产腻谤颈耻尘, dating back to 1580鈥90. See syllable, -ary
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of syllabary1

C16: from New Latin 蝉测濒濒补产腻谤颈耻尘, from Latin syllaba syllable
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Example Sentences

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In the early 1800s Cherokee polymath Sequoyah invented the Cherokee syllabary of written characters.

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Hill placed a Cherokee syllabary character above each column to spread awareness of the lyrical language.

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Each column has a letterpress piece with a Cherokee syllabary to spread awareness of the written language.

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Bouabr茅 became convinced they were the remains of an ancient writing system, and he wanted to use them as the basis for a new alphabet, or syllabary.

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His use of written French reaffirms that Bouabr茅 never conceived of his art, or indeed his B茅t茅 syllabary, as a private language.

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