subsyllabic

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ syllabic

Adjective

subsyllabic (comparative more subsyllabic, superlative most subsyllabic)

  1. (linguistics) Of, or related to parts or fractions of a syllable.
    • 2002, Ludo Verhoeven, Carsten Elbro, Pieter Reitsma, editors, Precursors of Functional Literacy‎:
      While we assume that phonological subsyllabic units are functional prior to reading skill, we have not ruled out a possible interaction with the writing system.
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