syllabary: Meaning and Definition of

syl•la•bar•y

Pronunciation: (sil'u-ber"ē), [key]
— pl. -bar•ies.
  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.
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